Centrifugal flotation as an aid to separating invertebrates from detritus in benthic samples

Autor: Cromar, Graham L., Williams, D. Dudley
Zdroj: Hydrobiologia; February 1991, Vol. 209 Issue: 1 p67-70, 4p
Abstrakt: Efficiency of hand sorting versus centrifugally floating benthic samples of high detritus composition was compared. Centrifugal flotation removed a large proportion (up to 90%) of the detritus, significantly increased recovery of several taxa (e.g. copepods, mites and chironomids), and decreased overall sorting time. Centrifugal flotation was effective for both live and preserved samples and was 3 to 10 times more efficient than hand sorting.
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