Though banking protocols and processes differ slightly among institutions, all must have processes for identifying potential subjects and obtaining consent, collecting specimens and capturing data.
This makes it the perfect choice of specimen to welcome and capture the imagination of our visitors, as well as marking a major transformation of the museum.
"As the largest known animal to have ever lived on Earth, the story of the blue whale reminds us of the scale of our responsibility to the planet," says Dixon. "This makes it the perfect choice of specimen to welcome and capture the imagination of our visitors, as well as marking a major transformation of the Museum".
Digital images of each specimen were captured and analyzed using Image Pro software version 5 (Media Cybernetics, Bethesda, MD).
To estimate the population structure of the Aristeus antennatus, in terms of numbers of large and small specimens, captures from each category (in weight) were converted to number of individuals using 11 g and 29 g for small and large individuals, respectively (see Figure S1 for details).
We took four to five photographs per specimen to capture various details: one of the label to permit capture of associated data, one of the whole specimen and two to three zoomed photographs of flowers or fruits.
However, it was not formally described until 1988, after a research team led by Elwyn Simons observed and captured some specimens for captive breeding.
These samples were obtained from specimens deposited in different biological collections as part of previous works, specimens found dead in the field in public areas, and specimens specifically captured for this work.
I dropped a jar over it and captured an excellent specimen of a male black widow, dainty and thinner than its sisters.
Ten fields of an immunostained section (VEGF and MMP-9) were chosen at random and captured from each specimen.
