… and data Conferences ESBs Each environmental specimen bank holds its archive where the samples are safely stored for future investigations. The individual programmes … range of species from terrestrial, freshwater, marine and coastal ecosystems from all over the world. South Korea also maintains two specimen banks with different … deer). The programme also includes abiotic samples (suspended particulate matter, soil) and samples of human body fluids (blood, urine) and hair.  France runs the …

… Environmental Specimen Bank Group Home Protocols and data Conferences ESBs The International Environmental Specimen Bank Group (IESB) promotes the worldwide … Europe, Asia and North America to Australia, the Arctic and the Antarctic. Usually, the samples are accessible to third parties (e.g. universities) for research … document levels and trends in air pollutions. Other terrestrial specimens include soil, earthworms, terrestrial bird eggs and mammals. Some ESBs also sample the human …

… in contamination are analysed because differences in sample handling can distort the results of chemical analysis. Therefore, most ESBs have their own protocols that … For ESBs, such as the Canadian National Aquatic Biological Specimen Bank (NABSB) all information is maintained within a secured relational database. All specimens …

… Specimen Bank (South Korea) Conferences Home Protocols and data Conferences ESBs The Environmental Specimen Bank community meets in regular intervals for international conferences. These meetings foster the dialogue on quality standards, chemical data and … Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories 2016 Annual Meetings and Exhibits, Berlin, Germany, 05-08 April 2016, Conference website 3rd International …