[ECOLOG-L] National Geographic promotes an exotic mega-fish ranch in Thailand??

2008-10-20 Thread Timothy Smith
I've just downloaded a video from MSN of a man in Thailand catching a fully grown Arapaima, along with clips of alligator gar and South African catfish and other non-native giants that were caught at a resort reservoir there. Transporting exotic fish for recreational fisheries is nothing new, b

Re: Climate change funding

2007-10-25 Thread Timothy Smith
> I'm not getting a damn dime of that massive amount of research money you>= claim is skewing scientists' perceptions of problems, but I for the most> = part tend to side with the majority consensus that certain issues, such as>= climate change, habitat loss and degredation, over-exploitation of

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2007-10-17 Thread Timothy Smith
I am a volunteer science director for an environmentally-oriented angling g= roup. It is our goal to behave as an ecologically sensitive stakeholder wh= ere relevant ecological issues are concerned. Conveying that ideal to our = membership and beyond is an ongoing task. One important opportunity

Re: Motives for conservation

2007-08-31 Thread Timothy Smith
As a volunteer science director for a local catch and release fishing/conservation group, I've been dealing intensively with these issues on the grassroots level for the last few years. Most of the substantive points in this discussion so far seem reasonably accurate and fair. Hunting and fishi

Re: Motives for conservation

2007-08-15 Thread Timothy Smith
As a volunteer science director for a local catch and release fishing/conservation group, I've been dealing intensively with these issues on the grassroots level for the last few years. Most of the substantive points in this discussion so far seem reasonably accurate and fair. Hunting and fishi

double derivative nitrate

2007-07-21 Thread Timothy Smith
Is anyone familiar with the double derivative technqiue for UV spectrophotometric analysis of nitrate? The methods papers I have here show a hump-shaped curve when scanning over the designated 190-250 nm range. What if the shape of curve over that range is bowl-shaped? Does that mean somethin