Is there any rule how to write down fish measurements and how to abbreviate them?

In different literature, the same measurements of the fish are written differently, with different abbreviations. For example: Body depth or body height Anal fin length or anal fin height I...

11 December 2018 4,972 0 View

What does forehead width mean in fish morphometrics?

Dear researchers, I was wondering what does forehead width (In Russian, shirina lba) mean in fish morphometrics? I mean, how to measure it? From where to where? Is it same as inter orbital...

10 November 2018 4,953 2 View

How do you count scales in lateral line in Nemacheilidae fish?

Dear researchers, I need your help! Here I am attaching picture of tiny Oxynoemacheilus sp. I was wondering how is it possible to count number of scales in Lateral line when fish has got such...

10 November 2018 9,719 15 View

What are the motives for introduction?

Hello dear researchers, I was wondering, what kind of motivations for introduction of new species, have you heard/read of? (I don't count most frequent cases like aquaculture, trade or ornamental...

09 October 2018 6,915 16 View

How many trunk rings does Syngnathus sp. have in these pictures?

Hello dear researchers, I am trying to morphologically identify Syngnathus spice from Syngnathidae family. Everything fits to S. acus, however number of trunk rings in case of S. acus is 17 but...

08 September 2018 8,591 9 View

Do you know how to test the significant difference between 2 regression slopes by using R?

In my case: N1=86 N2=229 b1=2.12 b2=3.14

02 March 2016 4,051 11 View

Risk assessment of one specie introduced from saltwater to freshwaters

Hello, I need professional help. Is it possible to make a risk assessment of the fish, which is marine, and translocated to fresh waters, within the same country? preliminary, I performed...

01 January 1970 3,353 3 View

Is counting otoliths anuall rings for C. gibelio more accurate than its scales counting?

01 January 1970 5,828 5 View

Hello fellow researcher .. What is the meaning of your name?

I would like to create a small guide containing the meanings of the names .. Thanks to everyone who cooperates with me in achieving it.

03 March 2021 5,266 4 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Anyone that can help with details in phosphopeptides enrichment?

Anyone know the amount of protein before enzymatic digestion for phosphopeptides enrichment of serume sample in Ti-IMAC? Has anyone ever use Ti-IMAC(the material is from Chinese company named...

28 February 2021 7,310 3 View

How to get rid of somebody pretending to be the author of a publication?

One of the publication I co-authored has the author's name in abbreviation. Then, somebody whose nothing to do with that paper acquired it as her work. To whom in this RG shall I ask for a hand,...

27 February 2021 4,206 4 View

Is there a fast method matching citations to bibliography (manually typed references)?

I need to be able to match in-text citations to a reference list and back again in very large documents (100+ pages) WITHOUT the use of referencing software like Endnote. my method is to type the...

27 February 2021 9,848 1 View

How to determine implicit ontological and epistemological stance?

I am hoping for some guidance and additional reading material that will assist me in determining ontological and epistemological stance when not explicitly detailed within the research. Here is...

26 February 2021 227 5 View

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

How can I find a Raman spectrum wavenumber corresponding to what compound?

I have several Raman spectra with very distinct peaks at certain wavenumbers, such as 277, 359, 466, 583, 623, 686, and 795cm-1. How can I identify them to what compound(s)? The RRUFF and others...

24 February 2021 363 3 View

How do you mesh a thin solid in Fluent?

Hello, I have used the shell function on SpaceClaim to create thin solids for the model I am studying. These are contained within an enclosure for my study. I chose this approach as it avoids the...

24 February 2021 8,856 3 View

How can plant phytochemistry be included in discussions about whole plant traits?

I am using the concept of plant functional traits (Cornellisen et al., 2003) in a paper. Considering descriptions for whole plant traits (life history; life form; growth form; plant height;...

24 February 2021 6,831 5 View