An adapted staining-destaining method to sort soft-bottom macrobenthos mixed with Posidonia oceanica fibers

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Published: Feb 26, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.370
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Staining destaining macrobenthos sorting Posidonia oceanica fibers soft-bottom.
A. DONNAY
MARE Centre, Laboratory of Oceanology, University of Liège, Bat. B6C, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium STARESO SA, Pointe Revellata, BP 33, F-20260 Calvi, France
C. PELAPRAT
STARESO SA, Pointe Revellata, BP 33, F-20260 Calvi, France
P. LEJEUNE
STARESO SA, Pointe Revellata, BP 33, F-20260 Calvi, France
S. GOBERT
MARE Centre, Laboratory of Oceanology, University of Liège, Bat. B6C, B-4000 Liège 1, Belgium
Abstract
Sorting of soft-bottom macrobenthos entangled with Posidonia oceanica fibers is time-consuming and tedious because of the weak color contrast. This paper describes a staining-destaining technique that produces good contrast between soft-bottom macrobenthos and Posidonia oceanica fibers. The method has been tested on Corsican samples in oligotrophic areas characterized by small-size soft-bottom macrofauna. Our technique saves sorting time (-24%) and is simple to implement.

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