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  1. Reccomendations For New Set-up

    Hey GunNut, Seems no one hasasked you what you are looking to keep in this giant system! What's up with that! Depending on your preferences, what you want to keep determines how you want to care for it/them. Let us know! Cheers, Charles
  2. How is everyone holding up?

    I have to agree with Sea Serpent - the classroom "face time" is really lost on the internet. I read the chat logs as oppossed to getting involved in the chats - usually time constraints but also the format of chats - just not linear enough for me The lecture notes are very good and the lack...
  3. Weird Creatures???

    Sounds like some form of copepod. Not bad, good. Their population is pretty much regulated by the amount of detritus available. Good food for gobies and blennies. Cheers, Charles
  4. Reason for cross-fertilization of hermaphroditic animals

    oh, rotifers....that's in the next chapter right? Thanks, Charles
  5. Reason for cross-fertilization of hermaphroditic animals

    Is this just an issue of semantics or ???: From the text pg 72: "Note that most hermaphroditic animals utilize cross- rather than self-fertilization because the latter process reduces the possibility of genetic variation." The author(s) seems to imply a causality or intent on the part of the...
  6. Predator Avoidance

    Sure it makes sense. Increasing the both the rate of reproduction and the number of progeny increases the chances for survival. Predation isn't the only concern. Environmental conditions and food supply are two others - perhaps even more important since without food (or appropriate habitate)...

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