Hi All,
I've got a student leaving for Africa in about a month. He'll be collecting
lots of samples for stable isotope analysis, but preserving and drying
samples is going to be a problem. Ice and refrigeration is nonexistent (the
field investigators drink their beer warm!) and there's no drying oven.
They typically hang up the fish in the sun to dry, but flies and maggots are
a problem.
Have any of you worked in the tropics and have any hints to pass on? I
thought of perhaps a reflector oven in front of a fire (good old Boy Scout
days!), provided he doesn't cook the samples. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Bob
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Robert Michener
IRMS Laboratory Manager
Boston University Stable Isotope Laboratory
Boston University
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