Preparation
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About
These links and documents contain information about best practices for the preparation of different types of natural history specimens.
Contributors
Content generated during The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) Annual Joint Meeting - 2016, during an iDigBio sponsored workshop by the following individuals participating in the "Museum Logistics" working group of the aforementioned workshop:
- Andy Bentley - University of Kansas, Collection Manager - Fishes
- Brian Sidlauskas - Oregon State University, Curator of Fishes
- Caleb McMahan - The Field Museum, Collection Manager of Fishes
- Norma Salcedo - College of Charleston, Professor
- Dean Hendrickson - The University of Texas at Austin, Curator of Fishes
- Alexandra Snyder - Museum of Southwestern Biology - Fishes, Collections Manager
- Randy Singer - Florida Museum of Natural History
- Gregory Watkins-Colwell - Yale Peabody Museum - Herps and Fishes, Collection Manager
Content also contributed by the Early Career Section of the Society of Herbarium Curators:
- Erica Krimmel
- Katie Pearson
- Tilottama Roy
- Christina Varnava
- Sophia Winitsky
Specimen Preparation Types by Collection Type
Botany
- Alcohol preserved
- Bulk collection - dried, tagged 3D objects in boxes or bags
- Cleared and Stained
- Formalin/FAA preserved
- Mounted - dried and pressed, then glued, sewn, or taped to archival paper
- Packets - dried and stored in folded archival paper
Herpetology
- Formalin-fixed, fluid preserved - glass jars and vials
- Alcohol preserved - glass jars and vials
- Skeletal - microclimate in boxes, skeleton cases
- Cleared and Stained - conditions necessary for glycerin storage
- Tissue - handled by Genetic Resources best practices
- Larval - same as alcohol collections.
Ichthyology
- Formalin-fixed, fluid preserved - glass jars and vials
- Alcohol preserved - glass jars and vials
- Skeletal - microclimate in boxes, skeleton cases
- Cleared and Stained - conditions necessary for glycerin storage
- Tissue - handled by Genetic Resources best practices
- Larval - same as alcohol collections.
Links
Consensus Documents
Community Standards
Paleontology Portal Fossil Preparation module
