[ECOLOG-L] Identifying Amphipods

2008-06-04 Thread Cortney Watt
I have had a few requests to post the emails regarding my inquiry about identifying amphipods: Identifying amphipods to genus is relatively simple, to species can be a bit more tricky. Do you know what sub-order of amphipods you have- gammarid, caprellid, hyperiid? From there it tends to be

[ECOLOG-L] Identifying amphipods

2008-05-31 Thread Cortney Watt
Hi I am very sorry, I guess I should have included a little more information. I am trying to identify marine amphipods on the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia. I will be identifying a few samples in the lab but I am taking species diversity data in the field, so features that I could see using

[ECOLOG-L] Identifying amphipods

2008-05-30 Thread Cortney Watt
Hi I am trying to identify amphipods down to species if possible, and was wondering if anyone knows how to identify these organisms and if they could offer any suggestions. Thanks Cortney Watt