[ECOLOG-L] NPR story on Dioxin

2010-12-29 Thread J. Michael Nolan
Thought some might be interested in this. Thank you. Mike Nolan Great story about Times Beach and the toxicity of dioxin. http://www.npr.org/2010/12/28/132368362/a-chemical-conundrum-how-dangerous-i s-dioxin -- If we are on another line or away from the phone, please leave your

[ECOLOG-L] Graphing software for undergrad courses

2010-12-29 Thread Corbin, Jeffrey D.
Hello Ecologgers - Does anyone have recommendations for alternatives to Excel for graphing and/or spreadsheet applications in undergraduate labs? I have finally decided that Excel's graphing is so nonintuitive that it is not worth the waste of time to teach in an undergraduate lab.

[ECOLOG-L] Responses regarding software for undergrad labs

2010-12-29 Thread Corbin, Jeffrey D.
Thank you all for your responses to my query about graphing/spreadsheet/stats software for undergrad labs. The overwhelming consensus is that I should try R along with the R Commander (which will make it more user-friendly to the uninitiated.) I am downloading it as we speak, and intend to

[ECOLOG-L] Data and Technical Support Specialist (Data QA/QC and GIS)

2010-12-29 Thread Bridget Walden
Description: The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is federally listed as a threatened species north and west of the Colorado River under the Endangered Species Act. The purpose of the desert tortoise line distance sampling (LDS) monitoring program is to collect data that will allow the US Fish

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Graphing software for undergrad courses

2010-12-29 Thread malcolm McCallum
Use R, it will do any graphs you need and you are giving them the opportunity to work with a legit widely used program that everyone should use. malcolm On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Corbin, Jeffrey D. corb...@union.edu wrote: Hello Ecologgers - Does anyone have recommendations for