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Collecting and Culturing Bryozoans for Regenerative Studies
Abigail M Smith1, Peter B Batson2, Katerina Achilleos2
1Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. abby.smith@otago.ac.nz.
Abstract:
Among marine invertebrates, bryozoans are small, not well known, and complex to identify. Nevertheless, they offer unique opportunities for whole-body generation research, because of their colonial, modular mode of growth. Here, we describe detailed methods for collection of bryozoans from a range of environments, sample preparation and identification, culture and feeding, spawning and breeding, marking colonies for growth studies, and histological preparation.

