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Preparing sagittae for examination of daily growth increments of young‐of‐the‐year fishes: a modification of the embed method
Author(s) -
Plaza G.,
Honda H.,
Sakaji H.,
Nashida K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00625.x
Subject(s) - biology , fish <actinopterygii> , simple (philosophy) , zoology , anatomy , fishery , epistemology , philosophy
A modification (termed the slide‐glass‐embed‐method, SGEM) of the embed method for preparing fish sagittae is described. The SGEM is based on a very simple principle: a dome of mixed resin containing the embedded sagittae loses hardness after being heated and can be easily cut with dissecting scissors.