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

in Mediterranean Marine Science (2013), 14(1), 92-94

Sorting   of   soft-­bottom   macrobenthos   entangled   with   Posidonia   oceanica fibers is time-consuming and tedious because of the weak of colour contrast .  This   paper   describes   a   staining ... [more ▼]

Sorting   of   soft-­bottom   macrobenthos   entangled   with   Posidonia   oceanica fibers is time-consuming and tedious because of the weak of colour 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. [less ▲]