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	Laboratory The Fisheries Biology laboratory carries out sorting, species identification and abundance measurements of plankton samples with the aid of stereoscopes, optical microscopes (with still facilities), precision balances and a rich literature containing taxonomic books and papers. Growth studies of the different fish species are performed with a variety of methods and the equipment used includes among others a scale projector and an image analysis system. Sections of bones and other hard parts are obtained by means of a "Stuers" accutom. Facilities available for producing histological and histochemical tissue preparations include microtomes, a machine for automatic tissue processing and thermostatically controlled water baths, hot plates and ovens. Lipid content analysis is carried out by means of a Soxhlet Fat Extraction Apparatus. The final analysis of the obtained data is carried out using a number of techniques by means of different software packages. Commercial packages such as SYSTAT are used along with packages related to the analysis of fisheries data (FiSAT, CEDA, etc). In addition packages developed within IMBC are also used (SLICER, BPF).
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