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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">I’ve been benefitting from the conversations on this listserv for some time now,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">really fascinating and useful stuff.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"> I manage a research collection, mostly of marine invertebrates, and I have a question:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">Is there an easy way to tell if</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">a fixative is</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> forma</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">lin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> or ethanol? </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">Aside from the smell test</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">!</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri"> I’m looking to organise</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"> <FONT FACE="Calibri">hundreds of jar</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">s from various benthic surveys, and we want to switch out anything that</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">’s in formalin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> to ethanol</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. The formalin is buffered</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"> so I don’t think a pH difference would be a strong indicator</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">. A</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">ny ideas/advice would be appreciated.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri">-Megan</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P DIR=LTR><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><B></B></SPAN><B><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN></B><B><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Calibri">Megan Best</FONT></SPAN></B><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"><BR>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT COLOR="#008000" FACE="Calibri">Invertebrate Taxonomy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-ca"><FONT FACE="Calibri"><BR>
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