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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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J. Amsellem and Pierre Clement; A simplified method for the preparation of rotifers for transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Hydrobiologia 73:119-122, 1980

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For TEM and SEM preparations, rotifers are placed in little panels made of plastic Beem capsules normally used for embedding, with their conical parts cut off and closed by plankton filter cloth. Thus, the risk of losing animals is considerably reduced.