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HANDLING TECHNIQUES FOR SOIL INVERTEBRATES Valerie M. Behan-Pelletier
Biosystematics Research Institute Agriculture Canada Ottawa KlA OC6
While sampling soil and litter for oribatid mites, I often encounter representatives of
other groups of soil invertebrates for which I am unsure of the correct preservation method. This prompted me to assemble the following tables on handling techniques for soil invertebrates, other than Pterygota (which are dealt with in Martin (1977)), and materials for slide preparation. I must stress that these are generalized tables; every specialist will have many modifications, and techniques, especially those of slide mounting, are constantly improving. I welcome comments on new, improved or more correct techniques for any group.
My thanks to invertebrate zoologists at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Ottawa for their helpful comments.
From Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Vol. 4, No. 2, Fall 1985
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