<div dir="ltr"><div>Hello all,</div><div>� First time poster here.� Someone in the crust-L list suggested that I send my query to the experts in this list.� I apologize for cross-posting.� Here it is:</div><div>�</div><div class="gmail_quote">
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<div>� What is the best preservation medium for crustaceans in order to do SEM (and possibly TEM)?� I have a number of old samples that are preserved in 10% formalin/seawater and I wonder if those are suitable for looking at external and internal (e.g., gut) fine structure.� I do not know the history of the samples (buffered or not, any other preservatives) because they were "inherited."� If recollection is needed because these are no good, what then should be the right preservation protocol?</div>
<div>Your thoughts are appreciated,<br clear="all"></div>
<div>Edwin<br>-- <br></div>
<div dir="ltr">Dr. Edwin Cruz-Rivera<br>Assistant Professor of Marine Biology<br>Department of Biology <br>American University in Cairo<br>AUC Avenue, P.O. Box 74 <br>New Cairo 11835, Egypt<br><br>Tel. 20.2.2615.2906 <br>
Fax 20.2.2795.7565<br>Email: <a href="mailto:edwincruz@aucegypt.edu" target="_blank">edwincruz@aucegypt.edu</a><br><br>"It is not the same to hear the devil as to see him coming your way"<br>(Puerto Rican proverb) </div>
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