An inexpensive and portable microvolumeter for rapid evaluation of biological samples

BioTechniques

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 566-572

  Douglass, John K ^a   Wcislo, William T ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body size; Density; Insect; Invertebrate; Microvolumetry; Scaling; Stereology; Volume; Zooplankton

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CALIBRATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EVAPORATION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MICROVOLUMETER; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; VOLUMETRY; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BRAIN; MINIATURIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958609885     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000113464     Document Type: Article

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