<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I received such great help for my previous request, and hope folks won't mind my sending another one so soon. (I'm just a field biologist who has been tasked with a cleanout and reorganization of our collection.)<div><br></div><div>We have a number of larval amphibians (tadpoles and salamander larvae) preserved in 10% buffered formalin. Most of our fish, amphibian, and reptile specimens were fixed in formalin but then transferred over to ethanol for long-term storage. I have read that formalin is more appropriate for long-term storage of reptile eggs and larval amphibians, but I wanted to check and make sure that is still the current practice?</div><div><br></div><div>I would like to improve the safety of our collections by switching to ethanol if that is acceptable, but obviously not if it will degrade the specimens.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!<br><div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Carola A. Haas<br>Professor, Wildlife Ecology<br>Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Conservation<br>112 Cheatham Hall<br>MC 0321 Virginia Tech<br>Blacksburg, VA 24061<br><a href="mailto:cahaas@vt.edu">cahaas@vt.edu</a><br>540-231-9269<br>http://www.fishwild.vt.edu/faculty/haas.htm<br><br><br><br><br></div></span></span>
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