Category
Discovery collections
Capabilities
The Fish Tissue Archive holds more than 2,200 samples collected annually from several English rivers: mainly roach, together with data on their time and place of collection plus weight and length. Most samples are of whole fish, frozen at -80°C, and some have been homogenised by cryogrinding. Annual collection was interrupted in 2020/21 due to the COVID pandemic. Approximately 10% of samples have already been analysed for one or more groups of pollutants generally using a homogenised subsample, but for a small number the whole sample had to be used.
Lifecycle
The Fish Tissue Archive was established in 2007.
Uniqueness
The Fish Tissue Archive holds the only collection of freshwater fish samples in the UK.
Partners
See Fish Monitoring Scheme.
Access
See Fish Monitoring Scheme.
Location
See Fish Monitoring Scheme.
Funding sources
See Fish Monitoring Scheme.
Users
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See Fish Monitoring Scheme.
Last updated
02 November 2022 15:11
