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Instrument: Lexan plastic 6-plate settlement panel

Acronym:
 Colonization sandwich
External Identifier:
» skos:exactMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/TOOL1413/
Description

An artificial colonization substrate, sometimes referred to as a "colonization sandwich", that is made of 6 Lexan plastic sheets separated from each other by spacers. It is used to determine the extent of colonization and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment.