A method for preparing large numbers of otolith sections for viewing by scanning electron microscope

• Published in: ICES Journal of Marine Science
• Main Authors: Ashford, J. R., Robinson, K., White, M. G.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 1993
• Subjects: Articles; Antarctic; The Antarctic; South Orkney Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/50/2/227; https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.1993.1024

In an investigation of the age structure of a population of Notothenia coriiceps Richardson at the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica, the microstructure of otoliths was examined. Progress is reported on a method used for processing large numbers of otoliths using a scanning electron microscope (SEM)....