[Nhcoll-l] otolith storage

Tue Apr 24 16:11:35 EDT 2018

Hi Adam,

We have 2.5 million pairs of otoliths here at the UW Fish Collection and
I'm happy to chat with you about how we manage the collection. In short,
the otoliths are collected by NMFS and are put into glass vials at sea and
stored in styrofoam boxes to keep them safe and organized in the field. We
then transfer them into archival cardboard boxes and store them in a
dedicated room on compactor shelving. Currently any preparations are stored
in the box with the otoliths. We have not run into any space issues with
this yet, but I can see that happening. We would probably then need to have
a designated spot for preparations and just cross-reference everything so
we know where to find them.

Feel free to call or email me to chat further. (pearsonk at uw.edu),
(206)543-3816.

-Katherine

On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 9:48 AM, Adam Cohen (Univ. TX) <
acohen at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

> We are about to greatly increase our otolith holdings so it seems like a
> good time to seek advise from this group to develop a consistent system.
> Currently our rather small otolith collection includes specimens stored in
> a variety of containers and we've mostly been putting them in gel caps
> (one cap for each of left and right side). We'd like to develop a single
> robust system to store all of our otoliths and potential derivatives (whole
> otoliths, slide mounted sections, etc) and keep all material from single
> individuals together.
>
> I was thinking of using 4X4in plastic bags (something like this link
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> with a somewhat rigid Datamax label of same size inserted, including a
> catalog number in the upper left. I think we could store a wide variety of
> otoliths and derivatives in these, thus keeping all material from a
> single individual together. We'd file each bag, stored upright, in a 4X4X??
> box. Specifically:
>
> 1) What's your experience with gel caps? Since they are biodegradable I am
> dubious about using them long-term. Some sort of screw cap vial seems
> better.
>
> 2) What sorts of otolith derivatives might we ever expect to see. Here's
> my list (please add): whole otoliths, slide mounted sections, resin
> encapsulated pieces??
>
> 3) What else are people doing to store otoliths?
>
> Adam
>
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Katherine Pearson Maslenikov
Collections Manager
University of Washington Fish Collection
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Box 355100
Seattle, WA 98195
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