[NHCOLL-L:1632] Re: reef preservation?

[Steve Halford]

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, museum.bamz wrote:

> We want to harvest a small living coral reef (less than 1 foot
> diameter and 2 feet tall) and preserve it as a dry specimen,
> retaining its colours as though alive. The dried reef will be a
> permanent museum exhibit.
>
> Does anyone have any experience doing this and/or suggestions of
> materials and procedures of how this might be done?

Freeze-drying?  See (e.g.) R. Mahoney 1973 Laboratory Techniques in
Zoology pp 418-421 John Wiley & Sons New York ISBN  0 470-56375-3

Steve (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, B.C., Canada