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Horn Point Laboratory Analytical Services

Horn Point Laboratory’s Analytical Services department utilizes the applied chemistry technique of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to separate and identify algal pigments, and quantify their concentrations within marine, estuarine, and lacustrine water samples. HPLC pigment data are useful in identifying phytoplankton species present in a water body, including harmful algal blooms. Horn Point has been assisting clients worldwide with their HPLC analysis needs for more than two decades.

To request more information, including pricing, please contact Mike Owens.

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Pigment Analyses

Pigment analyses by HPLC

  • Chlorophylls a,b,c
  • Full suite of carotenoids, xanthophylls, and chlorophylls

HPLC Methodology upon request.

Pigment Analyses by fluorometry

  • Particulate and Sediment
  • Chlorophyll a
  • Phaeophytin

Please contact Meg Maddox at 410-221-8375 mmaddox@umces.edu for pigment analysis questions.

Nutrient Analyses

Dissolved (fresh, brackish, or seawater samples)

  • Nitrate and nitrite
  • Nitrite
  • Ammonium
  • Phosphate
  • Silicate
  • Total nitrogen (filtered or unfiltered)
  • Total phosphorus (filtered or unfiltered)

HPLC Methodology upon request.

Particulate

  • Loss on ignition (LOI), total phosphorus, and inorganic phosphorus
  • Total Suspended Solids

Please contact Mike Owens 410-221-8465 owens@umces.edu for nutrient analysis related questions.

Contacts

Meg Maddox

Senior Faculty Research Assistant

Mike Owens

Senior Faculty Research Assistant