ANNOUNCING PUBLICATION
ROTIFERS
HABITAT
TO
ARCHIVAL SLIDE
LABORATORY AND FIELD METHODS
FOR WORKING WITH ROTIFERS
AND OTHER MICROINVERTEBRATES
Rotifers have fascinated me since 1933 when I was invited to study with
the world authority rotiferologist Frank J. Myers. My ten year study of
rotifer populations in southern Florida was published with Paul Turner:
Hydrobiologia 387-388: 55-63, 1998.
During the years, it became obvious that procedures were not taking
advantage of modern materials and reagents and that some instruments were not
compatible with modern microscopes. ROTIFERS describes the
revolutionary techniques and instruments I developed with precision and
archival integrity in mind. See below for book's design and list of chapters.
* Taylor Microcompressor for restraining the movement of living forms
as small as 5µm and rotating them to obtain different aspects.
* Taylor Diaphragm Pipette with removable pipette tip for precision
control in isolating and transferring specimen.
* Taylor Archival Slide for preparation of aqueous medium slides. The
method is now being used in restoration of deteriorating slides in important
collections. My book has detail instructions in step by step format.
* Taylor Low Profile Ringing Table for use on the stage of a dissecting
microscope in my procedures for recovering and remounting specimen.
* Taylor Sampler for collecting at the benthos and at discrete depths.
Complete details for economical fabrication of the device are given in my
book.
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The book is designed to open flat on the work-bench so that hands are free.
The format is 8-1/2 X 11 bound in sturdy covers and spine with spiral
concealed within the back cover.
73 pages and 76 illustrations describe my state of the art techniques and
instruments. Procedures are presented in step by step form.
LIST OF CHAPTERS:
1. Habitats.
11. Taylor Microcompressor.
2. Collecting Methods.
12. Record Keeping.
3. The Plankton Net.
13. Working the Collection.
4. Taylor Sampler.
14. Preserving in the laboratory.
5. Fabricating the Taylor Sampler.
15. Photomicrography.
6. The Work-bench.
16. Isolating Trophi.
7. Microscopes.
17. Staining.
8. Glassware.
18. Storing.
9. Manipulating Instruments.
19. Taylor Archival Microscope Slide.
10. Taylor Diaphragm Pipette.
20. Preserving in the field.
21. Remounting Microscope Slides.