Preservation effects on wet weight, dry weight, and ash-free dry weight biomass estimates of four common estuarine macro-invertebrates: No difference between ethanol and formalin

Helgoland Marine Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 206-213

  Wetzel, Markus A ^a   Leuchs, Heiko ^a   Koop, Jochen H E ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crustaceans; Formalin fixation; Polychaetes; Preservative treatments; Weser estuary

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; WESER ESTUARY; WORLD;

AMPHIPODA; CAPITELLIDAE; COROPHIUM; CRUSTACEA; GAMMARUS; HEDISTE DIVERSICOLOR; HETEROMASTUS FILIFORMIS; INVERTEBRATA; NEREIDIDAE; POLYCHAETA;

EID: 24944478345     PISSN: 1438387X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10152-005-0220-z     Document Type: Article

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