TY - JOUR AU - Morales, Carlos O. PY - 2013/11/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Manejo exitoso de una inundaciĆ³n en el Herbario USJ de Costa Rica JF - UNED Research Journal JA - URJ VL - 5 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.22458/urj.v5i2.272 UR - https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/272 SP - 181-184 AB - <p class="p1">In November 2007 the break of a drink-water pipeline at the Biology Department, University of Costa Rica caused a flood in the USJ Herbarium and severely damaged many specimens that stayed wet for more than one week. Here I report on the actions that were taken to rescue and restore all the mounted and catalogued specimens that were damaged, and discuss several lessons that were learned from this incident.</p><p class="p2"><strong>KEY WORDS</strong></p><p class="p2"><strong></strong>Protection of scientific collections, Herbarium security, flooding, USJ-Herbarium, specimen restoration, Costa Rica</p> ER -