Re: [ECOLOG-L] Conservation or just gardening?

2011-01-23 Thread Wayne Tyson
Jason, You have asked such good questions that, even though you have received a plethora of very thoughtful responses, I'm going to take another crack at being more directly responsive and insert some additional thoughts into your text in an attempt to keep myself from wandering off the

[ECOLOG-L] About DOC analysis

2011-01-23 Thread Gurmeet Singh
We will be analyzing dissolved organic carbon in estuarine water samples. Due to non-availability of sophisticated instrumentation (TOC analyzer), I was wondering if there exist a method ( colorimetry) using UV-Vis Spectrophotometer . I will be obliged to get an early reply. Regards Gurmeet

[ECOLOG-L] Invertebrate Caloric Values

2011-01-23 Thread Robert Vincent
Hello Ecologers: I was wondering if anyone might know of a good reference that lists caloric values (Kcal/g dry weight) for salt marsh invertebrates such as the following: Amphipoda Polychaeta Diptera Hemiptera Coleoptera Arthropoda Gastropoda Aracnida Foraminifera Acarina I've been