Preparing Whole Mounts of Hard Parts of Recent Bryozoa

Procedures are given for preserving, storing, cleaning and mounting calcareous Bryozoa on slides. Potassium hypochlorite digestion is preferred to incineration for cleaning because heated specimens eventually deteriorate. White glue is used instead of balsam to fix colonies to slides because balsam...

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Published in:Chesapeake science 1973-03, Vol.14 (1), p.62-64
Main Authors: Banta, William C., Soule, John D., Soule, Dorothy F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological taxonomies
Calcium carbonates
Cleaning
Drying
Glues
Incinerators
Inks
Materials
Short Papers and Notes
Skeleton
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Summary:Procedures are given for preserving, storing, cleaning and mounting calcareous Bryozoa on slides. Potassium hypochlorite digestion is preferred to incineration for cleaning because heated specimens eventually deteriorate. White glue is used instead of balsam to fix colonies to slides because balsam weakens with time. Ink or food coloring applied to dry specimens increases contrast.
ISSN:0009-3262
DOI:10.2307/1350706