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Anyway, use nail polish on their thorax or on their wing. If you want to use multiple samples, just use different colors for recaptures. I was doing it with sow bugs. Worked fine. Malcolm On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Brett A. McMillan <[email protected]> wrote: > I was thinking of having students do a mark-recapture population size > estimation of the cockroaches > in their dorms for my intro ecology class. Anyone ever try this for a class > (or otherwise) and have any > advice (say about the best marking technique)? > Thanks! -- Malcolm L. McCallum Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry School of Biological Sciences University of Missouri at Kansas City Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology "Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive" - Allan Nation 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
