Re: NANFA-- Re: nanfa V1 #1056

Robert Carillio (darterman_at_hotmail.com)
Wed, 29 Aug 2001 20:54:21 -0400

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I do like the word "sampling"... but let's make sure it doesn't get confused
with making native fishes into party snacks! HA!... Rob C.

>From: Arlus Farnsworth <arlusf_at_cwnet.com>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: NANFA-- Re: nanfa V1 #1056
>Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 12:56:49 -0700
>
>
> >"Sampling" has good connotations. It suggests taking a small part of a
> >larger whole, without directly implying possession or destruction. It
>also
> >suggests an activity that is methodical and scientific.
>
>
>Yep. Measurements such as flow, turbidity, temperature, ph etc for each
>"sampling" site. Conditions probably vary within each site according to
>"zone". Characterization of other habitat features, plants, bottom
>composition, insects, terrestrial features, etc. Access to inexpensive
>DNA sequencing as a collective effort to obtain genotype information,
>also specimens can be selected for breeding that are most different from
>each other. You could always just keep them in a large tank and let them
>go to it. Instead of strict scientific regimen simply use a rule of
>thumb for "sample taking" for breeding purposes and use phenotype
>(visual characteristics) to determine species strain.
>This would relate to keeping fish, not any other take purpose.
>
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