RE: [Histonet] Vibrotoming otoliths

2010-06-01 Thread Charles . Scouten
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[Histonet] Vibrotoming otoliths

2010-05-26 Thread jason christian
I am trying to section an otolith from a small minnow species with a vibrotome. The bone seems to be very dense and doesn't hold very well inside any mounting media that I have tried. Does anyone have any suggestions as to a media that will section smoothly but would be dense enough to hold the sma