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A technique is presented in which desiccation as a source of error in fresh weight determinations of soft-bodied microfauna is avoided by weighing the animal in a drop of silica fluid.
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Lundkvist, H. A technique for determining individual fresh weights of live small animals, with special reference to Enchytraeidae . Oecologia 35, 365–367 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345143
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00345143