… and archiving is essential when time trends in contamination are analysed because differences in sample handling can distort the results of chemical analysis. … that specify the different steps from field to archive. Some protocols are publicly available. Protocols and data Swedish Environmental Specimen Bank:  Manuals …

… 2015  Annual Conference, London, UK, 30 September - 2 October, 2015 Congress on the use and impact of environmental specimen banking 2014 , Pau, France, 06-07 November, … Monit. 8, 795-799. Odsjö, T., 2006. The environmental specimen bank, Swedish Museum of Natural History - A base for contaminant monitoring and environmental …

… complement to environmental research. Samples that are banked today can be used by future generations to study environmental processes and how they change … tissue samples of stranded marine mammals. Mosses, lichens and tree specimens are used to document levels and trends in air pollutions. Other terrestrial specimens …

… all over the world. South Korea also maintains two specimen banks with different focuses. The  Korean National Environmental Specimen Bank  routinely collects animals … over the last 40+ years of environmental monitoring in Canada. Research conducted using samples from the NABSB has produced more than 70 scientific publications, reports and book chapters. The primary targets for collection are top …