title: Collecting and preserving marine and freshwater isopoda (crustacea: peracarida).
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Isopoda are the most diverse Crustacea. In order to encourage the study of isopod crustaceans and their use in biodiversity studies, systematics, ecology, physiology and more, one needs to know who the isopods are and where to find them.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a short "how to" guide focusing on the free-living marine and freshwater isopods: where they live and how to collect and preserve them. The tools and techniques described here are simple, but invaluable in accessing the natural history of these remarkable creatures.
authors.affiliation: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, United States of America.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wetzer
keywords: box core; dredge; ethanol; habitat; net; night light; sieve; storage; trap