Can anyone identify the sea anemones in the image?

The sea anemones in the image were collected from benthic samples along the east coast of India from a depth of ~2m in the estuarine region. Can experts on sea anemone provide a clue/ identify the...

07 August 2018 4,263 0 View

Name of this hydroid?

Dear all, attached are the images of a hydroid species collected from the east coast of India. Can anyone identify the species please? Only fragments of the animal was collected from a bottom...

31 December 2017 358 0 View

Identity of this sea slug?

Hi everyone! need to get the identity of this nudibranch. Collected from the trawl net gear operated at depths 10-50 m. East coast of India. best regards Deepak

06 July 2016 3,657 12 View

Identity of Nassarids?

06 July 2016 5,055 3 View

Images for Pycnogonids?

Dear all, greetings from Chennai, India. Our database is looking for images of Pycnogonids recorded from the Indian waters. The shared images will be acknowledged and will be watermarked in the...

05 June 2016 2,400 4 View

Can anyone identify the 2 crustaceans attached?

31 December 2015 5,330 4 View

Can anyone confirm this sponge associated snapping shrimp?

31 December 2015 4,408 2 View

Can anyone identify this gastropod egg mass?

Collected from trawl by-catch, the egg mass was found attached to the shell of Gyrineum spp. along with sponges. Fishermen have trawled at a depth of 30 meters off Chennai coast, south east...

08 September 2015 4,344 15 View

Is this a crested pipefish or gray's pipefish?

08 September 2015 3,721 5 View

Can someone help with the identity of two trawl-caught fish?

07 August 2015 7,994 9 View

Would fecal samples stored at -20C for over a year impact metagenomic analysis?

Dear All, I have access to some rodent fecal samples that have been stored at -20C instead of -80C. Anyone have experience with the impact of stowage condition on comparative metagenomic analysis...

01 March 2021 2,512 1 View

What are the countries most affected by extreme rainfall as a result of climate change?

Increased heat, drought and insect outbreaks, all associated to climate change, have increased wildfires. Decreasing water supplies, declined agricultural yields, health impacts in cities owing to...

01 March 2021 7,168 9 View

How to accurately quantify chitin?

Hi all, I have been working on the quantification of chitin in insect samples and feed for a while but I can notice that the quantification methods (e.g. exposure to HCl, NaOH, and weighing sample...

01 March 2021 1,843 2 View

Where to find data on trees in tropical agroforestry?

Hi, I'm looking for data (mainly related to management: growth rate, canopy size, soil and climate preferences, etc.) about tropical trees used in tropical agroforestry. Have you ever heard about...

28 February 2021 7,356 8 View

The Shannon's index is inversely proportional to Simpson's index (1-D)?

I'm having a problem with my bloxplot with Shannon's and Simpson's indexs. The value of Shannon for my Community 1 indicating higher diversity (in relation of the Community 2), but have lower...

26 February 2021 3,033 9 View

Is IMPACT FACTOR justified in case of Taxonomy?

There is huge pressure of getting good impact factor on scholars now a days. On the other hand Taxonomy is a very dry subject and the concerned papers can only get citation in same group of organism.

26 February 2021 5,851 1 View

Please help in identification of this insect?

This insect is minute in size around 1 mm and not clearly visible with naked eye.

22 February 2021 5,907 11 View

Purification of proteins from baculovirus-infected insect cells?

18 February 2021 6,665 6 View

Any recommendations for methods to analyze elephant space-use (using GPS) and correlating this with changes in NDVI?

For my Masters I am looking into elephant space-use and its effect on vegetation change. I have elephant GPS collar data and was going to use Google Earth Engine to obtain NDVI values. I would...

16 February 2021 7,097 3 View

How to consider effects of rapid warm adaptation in modeling of ecological impacts of warming?

I would highly appreciate it if my fellow ecologists (biologists) provide their opinion on the thoughts below [esp., shortly tell us which path may be more effective, if they know another way, if...

15 February 2021 3,642 6 View