Translations:AY Honors/Marine Algae/Answer Key/23/en
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Follow this procedure:
- Rinse the alga to remove salt, sand, and foreign particles.
- place one of the small pieces of plywood on a work surface and cover it with a layer of blotter paper (or newspaper).
- Fill the shallow pan with water and float the mounting paper in it.
- Float the algae specimen on the mounting paper, spreading the fronds out as best you can.
- Carefully lift the mounting paper with the algae specimen out of the water, draining off the water as you lift it up.
- Lay the mounting paper on the blotter paper placed on the sheet of plywood earlier.
- Cover the sample (still on the mounting paper) with a sheet of wax paper
- Put your name and the specimen's identity on the mailing label, and place it on the wax paper.
- Cover this with another layer of blotter paper and/or newspaper.
- Repeat for each sample, stacking them on atop the other, separated by blotters.
- When the last specimen has been covered, lay the second piece of plywood over assembly.
- Bind the "sandwich" with the nylon straps or belts, and tighten as best you can. Alternately, you could use C-clamps to clamp the sandwich together, or you could place heavy weights on the entire assembly.
- Place in a well-ventilated area
- Change the newspaper and blotter paper daily for the next five days or until the samples are dry,
