Instructional Videos of Otolith and Vertebral Methods
Instructional Videos
- Otolith removal
- Embedding otoliths in epoxy in preparation for thin sectioning
- Thin sectioning with the Isomet 1000 saw at the Univ of Iceland
- Preparing thin sections of individual otoliths or shark vertebrae
- Mass production sectioning of otoliths
- Otolith ageing with the crack and burn method
- Sectioning and imaging large shark vertebrae
- Decontaminating otoliths for elemental or isotopic assay
- Micromilling otoliths
- Use of the Micromill at the Univ of Iceland