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A SIMPLE BUBBLER FOR SORTING BOTTOM FAUNA SAMPLES BY ELUTRIATION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

P. D. Kingsbury  and
W. J. G. Beveridge
P. D. Kingsbury
Affiliation:
Chemical Control Research Institute, Environment Canada, Ottawa K1A 0W3
W. J. G. Beveridge
Affiliation:
Chemical Control Research Institute, Environment Canada, Ottawa K1A 0W3
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Abstract

A simple bubbler for separating insects and other macroinvertebrates from aquatic bottom samples by elutriation is described. The apparatus is simple in construction and use and separated all groups of aquatic organisms from stream bottom samples with about 99% overall efficiency.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 9 , September 1977 , pp. 1265 - 1268
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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