Instrument: Microscope-Optical
Instruments that generate enlarged images of samples using the phenomena of reflection and absorption of visible light. Includes conventional and inverted instruments. Also called a "light microscope".
Otoliths were read along the longest axis at 400X magnification (with the exception of S. barracuda lapilli which were read at 1000X magnification) through a Leica DMLB microscope and with the aid of the digital camera and Image-Pro Plus software.