Modification of the mouth aspirator for collection of cave arthropods
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1Cave and Endangered Invertebrate Research Laboratory, SWCA Environmental Consultants, 4407 Monterey Oaks Boulevard, Building 1, Suite 110, Austin, Texas 78749, U.S.A. Email: [email protected] 22016 Boulevard Gouin est Montréal, Québec, Canada, H2B 1W9. Email: [email protected] 3This is publication no. 20 of the Karst Biosciences and Environmental Geophysics Research Laboratories, SWCA Environmental Consultants.
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