[NHCOLL-L:5425] RE: quick show of hands for wet collection temp/humidity levels

[Schneider, Gregory]

Our new UMMZ wet collections facility will maintain:

Summer: 65 degrees F (dry bulb) +/- 3 degrees and 50% rh max
Winter: 63 degrees F (DB) +/- 3 degrees and 30% rh minimum

Greg Schneider
Division of Reptiles and Amphibians
Museum of Zoology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1079
734 647 1927     734 763 4080 (FAX)
ges at umich.edu

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From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu] On Behalf Of Jess Rosales
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 3:03 PM
To: nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:5419] quick show of hands for wet collection temp/humidity levels

Hi all,

Can I get a quick show of hands for wet collections that follow Simmons' recs for temp and humidity levels? (65 deg F and 50% RH). If not, at what temp/RH is your collection stored?

Thanks,

Jess

Jessica Rosales
Ichthyology Collection Manager
Texas Natural History Collections
Texas Natural Science Center
The University of Texas at Austin
10100 Burnet Road, PRC 176/R4000
Austin, TX 78758-4445 USA

512.471.8845 voice
512.471.9775 fax