DNA extraction procedure for fresh and marine water copepods?

I'm a starter in copepod research and looking for better DNA extraction procedure for both fresh and marine water copepods. It will be helpful if you can share your knowledge and suggest me some...

05 June 2016 6,752 4 View

HI, can anyone help me identify this fresh water cyclopoida. Mean time please suggest me some better manual for identification?

05 June 2016 3,732 4 View

Can anyone suggest to me how to avoid DNA contamination of algal found in the gut of copepod in DNA extraction of copepod?

Hi, I need to extract the DNA of copepod and I'm planning to use Phenol Chloroform method. Since, I feed the copepods every day, I need to prevent contamination of Algal DNA while performing the...

04 May 2016 7,183 2 View

Need Help in zooplankton ID?

01 January 1970 8,451 9 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

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

Is it possible estimating environmental conditions with a Bayesian approach?

In ecology specific species can be used to get an indication/estimation of the environmental conditions. A simplistic example, lets assume I find a pike (Esox lucius). We know this species does...

01 February 2021 10,034 4 View

How do you annotate figures to show significance?

30 January 2021 1,008 3 View

Helicoverpa armigera eggs are not hatching in lab condition, why?

Dear RG friends, I am providing a complete H. armigera diet for larvae and maintaining the eggs in the growth chamber as well as in-room conditions. But since three months, eggs laid from the...

21 January 2021 5,546 32 View

Can't find an ancient zoology paper ?

I'm desperately looking for an old planarian paper which is cited here. Does anyone have an idea how to get hold of it...

21 January 2021 5,957 8 View

How the microplastics levels in freshwater and marine water ecosystem be controlled?

Microplastics have been found in land, air, freshwater, effluent from a wastewater treatment plant and even in tap water and bottled water. The small plastic particles (less than 5 mm) pose a...

19 January 2021 8,637 3 View

Genus name priority from the same publication (Zoology)?

I came across a recent taxonomic work, where two genera were synonymized. Both genera were published in a paper in 1922 by the original author who revised the family at that time. The original...

19 January 2021 1,920 4 View

Which statistical test to use to see if there is a significant difference between the vigilance of bird species at different feeders (in SPSS)?

I have gathered data on bird species visiting 4 hanging feeders in different locations and have calculated the proportion of time they have spent displaying vigilant behaviour while at the feeder....

18 January 2021 9,959 7 View

Which is the most recent and updated classification of Class: Insecta?

Based on the many publications from several decades, we came across many classifications of Insects. Among them which one is more updated and approved classification that can be used for research,...

05 January 2021 3,668 9 View