Fluid preservation : a comprehensive reference

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham Rowman & Littlefield 2014Description: 365 pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442229655
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Contents:
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. FLUID-PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES AND COLLECTIONS; Chapter 1. The History of Fluid Preservation; Chapter 2. Fixation; Chapter 3. Preservation; Chapter 4. Effects of Fixatives and Preservatives on Specimens; Chapter 5. Managing Fluid-Preserved Collections; Chapter 6. Fluid-Preserved Collections as Cultural Patrimony; References; Bibliography; INDEX; About the Author
Summary: Despite the fact that fluid preservation has been practiced for more than 350 years, this is the only handbook that summarizes all that is known about this complex and often confusing topic. Fluid Preservation: A Comprehensive Reference covers the history and techniques of fluid preservation and how to care for fluid preserved specimens in collections.
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book Library of Vertebrates COL 1 127.805 ZV Available RMCA6708

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. FLUID-PRESERVATION TECHNIQUES AND COLLECTIONS; Chapter 1. The History of Fluid Preservation; Chapter 2. Fixation; Chapter 3. Preservation; Chapter 4. Effects of Fixatives and Preservatives on Specimens; Chapter 5. Managing Fluid-Preserved Collections; Chapter 6. Fluid-Preserved Collections as Cultural Patrimony; References; Bibliography; INDEX; About the Author

Despite the fact that fluid preservation has been practiced for more than 350 years, this is the only handbook that summarizes all that is known about this complex and often confusing topic. Fluid Preservation: A Comprehensive Reference covers the history and techniques of fluid preservation and how to care for fluid preserved specimens in collections.