Can any fish taxonomist assist me in identifying this species?

This species was caught from the coastal waters of Ghana. It has the ability to blow itself up just like the puffer or porcupine fish. Despite this unique feature, identification still remains a...

04 May 2018 4,897 0 View

R software in fish stock assessment?

I have been told that R statistical tool can be used in assessing fish stocks. Can anyone help with it?.

31 December 2017 5,459 2 View

Bound water in food chemistry?

02 March 2017 949 0 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Good morning research fellows, Has anyone worked with senna alata plant extract on any kind of fish?

Literatures on the piscicidal effect of sennaa alata is scanty. if you have any related litrature either in the bark, leaves or roots used as treatment to any aquatic organism please kindly help...

28 February 2021 9,138 2 View

What are the saturated salt solutions that can give specific relative humidity of 35%, 65% and 95% for conditioning wood specimens?

Due to the unavailability of climate rooms, I want to carry out an experiment that require the use of certain saturated salt solutions especially those that can condition the wood specimen to 35%,...

25 February 2021 8,139 1 View

Experimental Design: How deal with pseudreplicates with immunological and clinical-chemical paramaeters?

Hello everybody, I am investigating the influence of a toxinon various clinical-chemical and haematological parameters in fish. I have three treatments (control, low dose, high dose) in my...

24 February 2021 1,243 1 View

Hi i want to ask that in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours) of particular toxin for fish. Should we keep the animals with food or without food?

if we expose the fish after acclimatization to particular toxin in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours).Should we keep the fish off feed or with feed for that duration. Some literature show that...

24 February 2021 357 2 View

Is it possible to define biogas as a fuel in the reformer process(scwg) in Homer software?

Hi every one Is it possible to define biogas as a fuel in the reformer process(scwg) in Homer software? Biogas fuel is not available in the options thanks

23 February 2021 6,518 3 View

Measuring Total immunoglobulin whole-body of fish larvae?

Hi Dear All, I prepared the extract of fish larvae whole body with PBS. Then protein concentration of the whole-body extraction samples determined by the Folin-Ceiocalteu-Phenol method (Lowry...

17 February 2021 1,971 3 View

What is the identity of additional bands found during fish gut microbiome 16S V4 PCR amplification?

Hi, I am carrying out test PCRs for 16S amplicon sequencing on Illumina MiSeq. I am using standard V4 primers: 515F/806R. The aim is to profile the microbiome of fish guts under different...

16 February 2021 5,668 6 View

Is this the fragment of a sauropod tooth?

Dear colleagues. Fragments of this species are very rare from a terrestrial Lower Cretaceous locality from Germany. Up to now from this locality sauropods could not be proved with certainty. Other...

14 February 2021 2,310 1 View

Problem to dissolve 50%wt Glycerol in 4%wt PVOH 28-99 ??

Hello everyone, I am trying to prepare a solution out of PVA(Polyvinyl alcohol)_Glycerol_Wasser . (4% PVA 28-99 and 50% Glycerin) To prepare this solution I first add PVA to 80degree water and...

06 February 2021 2,300 3 View