Hicks, S., Tinsley, H., Pardoe, H., and Cundill, P.

Table of Contents:

• Preface

• Problems in the Field
  
• How to prevent animals and insects from falling into the traps.
  
• What to do with traps which are full and apparently overflowing by the end of the field season.
  
• Disturbance of traps.
  
• Location of pollen traps in relation to the surrounding vegetation.
  
• Vegetation mapping.
  
• Collection of moss polsters as additional surface samples to complement the trap results and allow comparisons with other projects.

• In the Laboratory
  
• The use of Lycopodium spores as a spike.
  
• The number of Lycopodium tablets added to each trap sample.
  
• Removal of water from the trap sample.
  
• Removal of clay.
  
• Laboratory preparation of the moss samples.

• At the Microscope
• The pollen sum.
  
• Counting spherical carbonaceous particles (SCP) and non-pollen micro-fossils.

• Calculating and Presenting Results

• The EPMP Database

• References

• Appendix I. Participants at the 2nd EPMP meeting 7 - 11.5.98

• Appendix II. Useful addresses.