Biological Diversity

A Surber sampler is used to collect stream invertebrates

Researchers use a Surber sampler to collect aquatic invertebrates

Researchers use a Surber sampler to collect aquatic invertebrates

Samples from the Surber sample cup are collected in a sieve

Close up of the netting of the Surber sampler, which collects insects from the stream water

OSU Undergraduate student Meagan White closing a sample of aquatic insects collected with a Surber sampler

OSU Undergraduate student Meagan White displays a preserved sample of aquatic insects collected with a Surber sampler

OSU Undergraduate student Meagan White rinses aquatic insects from a sieve, after straining out the water from the Surber sample

OSU Faculty Research Assistant Bill Gerth in Watershed 1 with a Surber sampler, used to collect stream invertebrates