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A Centrifuge Method for Determining Live Weights of Aquatic Insect Larvae, With a Note on Weight Loss in Preservative
Author(s) -
Stanford Jack A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934356
Subject(s) - preservative , centrifuge , larva , biology , zoology , interspecific competition , insect , ecology , food science , physics , nuclear physics
A reproducible centrifuge drying method for determining live or preserved weights of aquatic insect larvae is described. An attempt was made of derive a conversion factor for weight loss in preservative. Results showed a great interspecific variation in weight loss over a period of time due to the effect of preservative.