FIGURE 17. A-F in Collection management and study of microscope slides: Storage, profiling, deterioration, restoration procedures, and general recommendations

FIGURE 17. A-F. Kinorhyncha mounted in Permount™ between 1964 and 1968 by Higgins; intermediate stage of deterioration with incomplete crack coverage (A: see also same slide in Fig. 15J), and final stages with entirely cracked and whitish (B, C: see also same slide in Fig. 15E) or yellowish (D-F: see also same slide in Fig. 15F) mounting medium. Cracks at specimen (E) and at margin of coverslip (F). Arrowheads mark specimens. A, C: DIC; B, D: bright field illumination; E, F: dark field illumination. Scalebars: A, C, E, F, 500 µm; B, D, 5 mm.