Instrument: Grooved PVC half-pipe substrate

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Description

An artificial colonization substrate (or "settlment plate") made from PVC pipe cut length-wise and engraved with lines to roughen its surface. It is used to determine the extent of colonization and/or the diversity of settled organisms in a marine or artificial environment.