[Coral-List] Fluorescent sediment tracers

[Sean Porter]

Dear Emily,

I don’t have personal experience but have read one can use Alizaren red or Calcofluor white to die corals and coralline algae with variable success so perhaps you could experiment with these. 

Regards, Sean

 
Dr. Sean Porter
Scientist

South African Association for Marine Biological Research
Direct Tel: +27 (31) 328 8169   Fax: +27 (31) 328 8188
E-mail: sporter at ori.org.za Web: www.saambr.org.za
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Sent: 02 May 2014 04:19 AM
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Subject: [Coral-List] Fluorescent sediment tracers

Hi all,

Does anyone have experience with fluorescent dyeing sediment? I am interested in dyeing small quantities of sediment to be used as tracers for a series of experiments involving coral reef sponges. The sediment will be gathered from a shallow coral reef and will range in size from ~35-150µm and should fluoresce under UV light. The application of the dyed sediment will be *in situ *so non-toxic materials are preferable.

Another complication is that the staining process will occur on a remote field site with few resources so ideally all materials will need to be airline approved.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,

Emily McGrath
PhD Candidate
School of Biological Sciences
Victoria University of Wellington
P.O Box 600
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
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