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Electronic Natural History Museum (ENHM): the world of natural history on your computer The Electronic Natural History Museum Project is a collaborative effort among government agencies, natural history collections and museums, and universities for providing access to data on specimens in natural history museum collections. (Score: 1.000)

Information on fossils and fossil collecting Links to general interest publications, special references, and other sources for fossil and fossil collecting information. (Score: 1.000)

Field manual of wildlife diseases: general field procedures and diseases of birds Manual listing field procedures for bird specimen collecting, bacterial, fungal, parasitic, and viral diseases, biotoxins, chemical toxins, common and scientific names of birds, and glossary. Manual can be downloaded or viewed in pdf format. (Score: 0.690)

Restraint and handling of live amphibians Procedure for the restraint and handling of live amphibians for amphibian research and monitoring with information on equipment and supplies, methods of physical restraint, mishaps, and treatment for injuries. (Score: 0.690)

Worms of North Dakota Species maps, aggregate map, earthworm diagram, species photos, and bibliography of earthworm species found in North Dakota (Score: 0.452)

Oculina Bank - geology of a deep-water coral reef habitat off Florida Brief report on sidescan-sonar data, sediment sampling and subersible and video photography studies of destruction of deep-water coral pinnacles where fish spawn off east-central Florida in the Oculina Bank in order to restore and protect the habitat. (Score: 0.379)

Vegetation sampling and classification of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Cades Cove and Mount Le Conte quadrangles): final report Report of a pilot study to classify vegetation communities in parts of the Smoky Mountains National Park by sampling vegetation in selected areas with information on field methods and data analysis and lists of communities identified. (Score: 0.301)

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About specimen collecting:

Definition: Taking of samples from the environment for study.

Used for: collection of specimens