A Hand-Held Benthic Core Sampler
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Freshwater Ecology
- Vol. 4 (1) , 77-81
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.1987.9665164
Abstract
A hand-held benthic corer which uses a plumber's pipe test plug to create suction is described. The test plug excludes water, detritus, aquatic plants, and creates suction that holds substrate in the barrel of the corer. This device is inexpensive, easy to construct, and can be used in shallow water by a person wading, from a boat at depths of about 2 m, or by a diver in deep water.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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