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[casandra]

clickpopclick, on Feb 26 2010, 03:52 PM, said:

casandra, on Feb 25 2010, 03:50 PM, said:

welcome to bioforum, refugee clickpopclick....hope you enjoy your stay here.......you can join the mêlée in the tech forums way up the page or anytime you wanna just hang out- visit the peaceful community subforums way below (that's where the nicest people are) ....btw, what's up with your display name?

Thanks!

It's been my handle for quite some time, and it's easier to remember the one name than a billion on all the sites where I have to come up with a user name. I like onomatopoeia.  

And, hey, eppendorf tubes make that noise, don't they?  It's universally identifiable!

but only the cheap ones- those that you'd need all your fingers for popping open the caps...or perhaps those that you left too long in the heating block--oops....

-nice handle btw- does it come with an arrow or a cross? you're getting a kind of test here ....(only for the brave and the shameless...)

[Adam L. Bishop]

Hi I am a college student right now and I love biology specifically ecology. The reason I joined this forum was to get ideas for a study I guess you could say that I want to set up. I want to be a zoo veterinarian. I am from Nebraska and I am a Biology student at Franciscan University in Steubenville, OH. just by looking through the site I realize how useful this will be to my growth and understanding of Biology.

[Adam L. Bishop]

I don't know where else to put this but I want to start building an ecosystem at my house I would eventually like it to be self-supporting. I realize this would be a pretty tough task unless I integrated the natural ecosystem that was already there but I would really like to contain my eco-system so as to not throw off the environment. I am planning a water feature with an aquatic self-supporting ecosystem which shouldn't be too hard. I don't exactly know what a realistic size is but I am guessing that the larger the animals in the sub environment, the more space they would need due to the laws of thermodynamics. My goal here is to set up a food web which I can study and manipulate to see the effects. I know I need producers first of all and then consumers. I would like 4 trophic levels unless that would be too much Ill obviously slowly introduce new levels and let each level stabilize before I move to the next level. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[lab rat]

Hey, Adam, welcome.

[hobglobin]

Adam L. Bishop, on Apr 8 2010, 09:20 PM, said:

I don't know where else to put this but I want to start building an ecosystem at my house I would eventually like it to be self-supporting. I realize this would be a pretty tough task unless I integrated the natural ecosystem that was already there but I would really like to contain my eco-system so as to not throw off the environment. I am planning a water feature with an aquatic self-supporting ecosystem which shouldn't be too hard. I don't exactly know what a realistic size is but I am guessing that the larger the animals in the sub environment, the more space they would need due to the laws of thermodynamics. My goal here is to set up a food web which I can study and manipulate to see the effects. I know I need producers first of all and then consumers. I would like 4 trophic levels unless that would be too much Ill obviously slowly introduce new levels and let each level stabilize before I move to the next level. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Welcome and good luck, hopefully you're at top of the food web  

[casandra]

Adam L. Bishop, on Apr 8 2010, 03:20 PM, said:

I don't know where else to put this but I want to start building an ecosystem at my house I would eventually like it to be self-supporting. I realize this would be a pretty tough task unless I integrated the natural ecosystem that was already there but I would really like to contain my eco-system so as to not throw off the environment. I am planning a water feature with an aquatic self-supporting ecosystem which shouldn't be too hard. I don't exactly know what a realistic size is but I am guessing that the larger the animals in the sub environment, the more space they would need due to the laws of thermodynamics. My goal here is to set up a food web which I can study and manipulate to see the effects. I know I need producers first of all and then consumers. I would like 4 trophic levels unless that would be too much Ill obviously slowly introduce new levels and let each level stabilize before I move to the next level. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Hi Adam and welcome to Bioforum...your very own ecosystem, wow....what animals do you have in mind? I guess bears are out of the question......

[Adam L. Bishop]

casandra, on Apr 8 2010, 11:28 AM, said:

Adam L. Bishop, on Apr 8 2010, 03:20 PM, said:

I don't know where else to put this but I want to start building an ecosystem at my house I would eventually like it to be self-supporting. I realize this would be a pretty tough task unless I integrated the natural ecosystem that was already there but I would really like to contain my eco-system so as to not throw off the environment. I am planning a water feature with an aquatic self-supporting ecosystem which shouldn't be too hard. I don't exactly know what a realistic size is but I am guessing that the larger the animals in the sub environment, the more space they would need due to the laws of thermodynamics. My goal here is to set up a food web which I can study and manipulate to see the effects. I know I need producers first of all and then consumers. I would like 4 trophic levels unless that would be too much Ill obviously slowly introduce new levels and let each level stabilize before I move to the next level. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Hi Adam and welcome to Bioforum...your very own ecosystem, wow....what animals do you have in mind? I guess bears are out of the question......

Well I want to start out with only plants and i am assuming various insects will join the habitat after the plants, after a year I think I will try to introduce some mice and a few hedgehogs and if I can get my hands on two sugar gliders I would be very happy. I haven't thought much further than that I really don't want snakes involved so I was trying to think of a predator that wouldn't even think of attacking me it would be neat to get some small primates in there eventually. Maybe I'll just stick to three levels for awhile. i have a feeling this is only gonna work with a lot of trial and error.

[comet.Angel]

hi! im a BS bio grad but never had a working experience in the lab for the past 13yrs. :-) but now im back in the laboratory and research work. I cant believe that my enthutiasm working on experiments still there. Though, i need a lot of catching up to do but it doesnt matter for as long as i enjoy what i do.

this site is really helpful to beginners like me and i noticed that most of you here are very energetic and cool.

im glad to be a part of bioforum.

[LostintheLab]

Hello Comet.angel

Welcome in...feel free to join in the general craziness of the chat thread or use as you like

Lost in the lab

[casandra]

oh, you beat me to it, Lost-san. I wonder if we shld give Comet angel "the" test......welcome to Bioforum, a cool place for the coolest people....

[comet.Angel]

@casandra---- i wonder what's 'the' test all about? hmmmmmmmm

[Prep!]

hey casey... comet is already tensed (thinkin about it if not anything else) about the test!!! why scare the new joinees  
welcome to the forum comet!!

Edited by Prep!, 30 April 2010 - 10:02 PM.

[casandra]

comet.Angel, on May 1 2010, 01:40 AM, said:

@casandra---- i wonder what's 'the' test all about? hmmmmmmmm

..it's a trial by fire, comet.angel....and only for the brave (or the crazy)....actually, it's just a series of questions and answers....are you in? Would you dare? Then you'd see how really energetic and cool we are...

@PI: you can continue playing the good cop.....

Edited by casandra, 01 May 2010 - 11:13 AM.

[Prep!]

yeah wen the saviour turns the destroyer.. tere has to be an alternative!!!  

[acetylcholine]

Why hello there.

I am an undergrad in neuroscience.  I'm looking to get my PhD and do neurogenetics.