Nicholas Sakich

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How might I mark small shrimp (about 3 cm total length) non-invasively?

Hi Everybody, I need ideas on methods which could be used to mark small shrimp (approximately 3 cm total length) for the purposes of identification of individuals in a lab-based study. It doesn't...

01 January 2018 3,592 4 View

Is there a protein/peptide that is expressed in fish skin mucus but not in the GI tract?

This is similar to a previous question I asked. I'm looking for some kind of chemical marker to use for an antibody test to determine where on a fish an unrecognizable sample of tissue came from....

08 August 2016 5,107 0 View

Is this animal behaviour study potentially publishable? Tips on how to make it so?

Some of my peers and I are conducting a study of the preference (or lack thereof) of experimental animals for feeding on larger or smaller food items in what is intended to be a test of Optimal...

02 February 2016 1,106 4 View

What Sample Size For Invertebrate Escape Trial?

New question about a different (this one, merely hypothetical at this point in time) animal behaviour study. It would involve running a negatively phototactic and positively thigmotactic species...

02 February 2016 5,065 1 View

Should I paint the outside of my fish tanks for my fish growth study?

I have a dozen tanks in two rows on each table. I'm concerned that there may be a confounding factor of the location of the tank affecting growth rates of the fishes within (ones on the outer ends...

10 October 2015 555 11 View