How to measure soluble reactive phosphorus level bellow the detection level using Stannous Chloride method?

I would like to use Stannous Chloride method for the measurement of SRP in water and sediment sample of freshwater lakes. Form the previous study I got that the SRP level gone bellow the 0.2 mg/l....

09 October 2017 3,643 7 View

How to construct cadmium reduction tube for nitrate analysis of sediment and water?

I want to determine the nitrate in sediment and water column using Cd nitrate reduction method. I want to know what is the procedure to construct cadmium column.

06 July 2017 3,320 3 View

What is the concentration range of ammonium nitrogen in freshwater lakes?

I am working on freshwater lakes in India. I want to go for ammonium nitrogen measurement. It will be very useful for me if I can obtain an outline about the concentration of ammonium nitrogen in...

06 July 2017 4,504 5 View

Where can I get meteorological data (temperature and rainfall) for Durgapur, West Bengal, India for the period of 2013-2016 for free?

I am working on bird diversity. I need some meteorological data for my city or district (Bardhaman/ Burdwan district) for the period of 2013-2016. Some statistics department of our country demands...

04 May 2017 9,816 4 View

Is the concentration of Nitrogen in fecal matter varies between waterbirds belongs to different trophic level?

I am looking for concentration of nitrogen in fecal matter of different waterbirds.

01 February 2017 4,328 6 View

What is irreducible and reducible system?

My answer needed with respect to the ecological point of view. Please help.

07 August 2016 283 0 View

What is temporal entropy and spectral entropy in acoustics?

03 April 2016 3,450 1 View

What is the meaning of the term "emergent" or "emergence" in ecology?

During my study I very often encounter with this kinds of terms. If anyone kindly make this kinds of terms understandable to me, it will be helpful.

02 March 2016 7,788 4 View

Isolates of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus?

Dear Dr. Cai, my name is Simone Prospero and I work in the team of Phytopathology at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research (WSL;...

01 March 2021 1,133 1 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

Best plasmid could be used as a standard curve for AAV titration?

I have been trying to have a good AAV titration for my production and I have tried different plasmids to set up as a standard curve but each one behaves differently. i am trying to use ITR for...

23 February 2021 5,167 3 View

Could you please share your experience with me on the type of 96 wells plate for MIC determination: Treated Vs Untreated and Round-Vs Flat-bottomed?

I am working on the MIC determination of various antibacterial agents (both water-soluble and- insoluble) against S. aureus, MRSA, and S. pyogenes. Some guidelines recommend using round-bottomed...

17 February 2021 7,029 3 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

What is the magnitude of yearly rhizopdeposition in tropical forests?

Hi all, I am trying to find reference values on annual soil rhizodeposition rates for different kinds of forests, with a particular interest for tropical rainforests. Do we have an idea of the...

26 January 2021 4,278 4 View

Can you recommend a good book on analytical chemistry for non-chemists?

Dear colleagues, I am asking for you recommendation: I need a book on analytical chemistry in environmental sciences. As a non-chemist (a biologist) I have some basic chemistry knowledge but not...

25 January 2021 8,486 8 View

What could be exact way to remove invasive Prosopis juliflora from arid and semi-arid tropics of world where species is considered disaster ?

Prosopis juliflora is considered a noxious weed but its eradication is very costly inhivitive if no impossible ! We have very strong openion that it's spread could be chacked only if it's pods are...

25 January 2021 4,433 7 View