oven-dry mass measurement

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Method synopsis

Standardized measurement of individual larval dry mass using precision microbalance after oven-drying at controlled temperature. Applied to assess growth and biomass responses to experimental treatments.

Synthesized from method descriptions across 8 papers using this protocol.

Procedure from a recent peer-reviewed implementation

Steps below were extracted from the most recent peer-reviewed implementation of this protocol in the corpus — Predators balance consequences of climate-change-induced habitat shifts for range-shifting and resident species (2022), Journal of Animal Ecology. Implementations in other papers (listed below) may differ.

1. Measure individual dry mass
   Measured individual dry mass of up to 10 individuals from each cage to the nearest 0.001 mg using a Cahn C-31 microbalance after removing caddisfly larvae from cases and drying bodies in oven at 60°C for 48 hours. Applied square root transformation to body mass data due to strong right skew.
   Quantities: Up to 10 individuals per cage measured to nearest 0.001 mgDuration: 48 hours drying time at 60°CConditions: Laboratory conditions, removed from cases before drying
   Equipment: Cahn C-31 microbalance, oven

Typical Equipment

• Cahn C-31 microbalance
• oven

Output Measurements

• individual dry mass

Papers Using This Protocol (8)

Species Studied With This Protocol