[NHCOLL-L:389] Re: Marine Invertebrates Conservation

[Vr. Richard Bejsak-Collorado-Mansfeld]

Try tetrachloride or benzine.

look on www.coleoptera.org/p98.htm

Keep care and be of good cheer.

Regards

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----- Original Message -----
From: "marechal" <marechal at sb-roscoff.fr>
To: <NHCOLL-L at lists.yale.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 3:38 AM
Subject: [NHCOLL-L:388] Marine Invertebrates Conservation


> Hi
>
> actually I am PhD student at the National Museum of Natural History in
> Paris, working at the marine biology laboratory in Concarneau (Britany) on
> maritime museology and maritim natural heritage. I begin a research about
> new methods for marine invertebrates conservation. The aim is to produce
> specimen stored without the use of alcohol or formalin. We want to study
> "new methods" with marine invertebrates, especially with soft body, then
> compare the methods to improve the technics (to show theim in exhibition,
> for pedagogic work with children or for scientific collections ...).
> Actually, we use freezing (classical, liquid N ...), different cetone and
> alcohol baths, petrol ether and oil of paraffin, sometimes freeze-drying
> and other chemical treatment like tryphenilphosphate or elastomers. I have
> no result for the moment because I just begin the program.
> I read paper from Dr Romero-Sierra, J.C. Webb, G.W. Lyons, J.K. Desmarteau
> ... about preparation of freeze-dried samples, anatomical and biological
> specimens in the 80's. I have never used plastination but I read papers
> from Dr Von Hagens about anatomical plastination. I think it could be
> interresting to test the method with marine invertebrate because of their
> soft body.
> I write you to know if people are working on these methods and then, if we
> could exchange experience. I am looking as well for bibliography and
articles.
> I thank you very much for your collaboration.
>
> BEST WHISES
>
> Jean-Philippe Maréchal
>
> Jean-Philippe Maréchal
> Station de Biologie Marine
> du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle et du Collège de France
> BP 225
> 29 182 Concarneau
> tel : 02 98 97 06 59
> fax : 02 98 97 81 24
>