Mortality, protoplasm decay rate, and reliability of staining techniques to recognise 'living' foraminifera: a review.

Non-vital staining, especially with rose Bengal, has been widely used in ecological studies to differentiate between the tests of dead(unstained) foraminifera from those presumed to be living at the time of collection (stained). Doubts have been expressed about staining methods because of the possib...

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Main Authors: Murray, J.W (Author), Bowser, S.S (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2000.
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