[Nhcoll-l] What do you do with failed wet lots?

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Nate

I would suggest using the techniques outlined in the attached publication to rehydrate specimens.

Andy
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From: Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> On Behalf Of Shoobs, Nate
Sent: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 11:39 AM
To: nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
Subject: [Nhcoll-l] What do you do with failed wet lots?

We're in the final throes of an alcohol collection inventory and top-up/rehousing project of our freshwater bivalve collection (17,000 lots in 20,000+ containers), stored in cardboard trays on stationary steel warehouse shelving.

In the process of inventorying, we have been leaving desiccated lots that we find in their positions in the wet collection series, and not attempting to rehydrate them (though we do rehydrate if there is any moisture left in the container). Some of these dried out lots have mold growing on them, or the remnants of past mold growth that has since arrested, but most are bone dry. I'd like to hear what others have done in this situation.
Do you leave the lots in place in the wet series and note in the database that they are desiccated? Take them out and attempt to fit them into the dry series? Open jars and attempt to rehydrate/remediate damage?

Our dry and wet collections are stored in the same warehouse room, and space in the wet series is thankfully not an issue for the foreseeable future (we have way more space on our shelves than we have remaining in cabinets). I am unsure of what to do with the moldy specimens. The 'clean' dry specimens would also not easily fit in the dry collection and the dried bodies would almost certainly attract carpet beetles and other pests, as our current cabinets are not airtight.
-Nate
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