Field & Laboratory Techniques in Ecology & Natural History

Field & Laboratory Techniques in Ecology & Natural History

By Alberto F. Mimo with contributions from Anna M. Jalowska. Edited by Jennifer Aley. Contains 10 field and laboratory techniques with Excel® files and complete instructions to be used in the field and in the classroom. Topics include: Working with Specimens and Collecting Data Using a Personal Journal; The World of Statistics in Research; Population Study of the Rocky Shore Crabs; Using Sweep Nets to Catch and Identify Insects and Other Arthropods to Complete a Food Availability Study; Surface Area vs. Volume; Saltmarsh Sediment Sample Collection and Analyses from Your Local Shore; Plankton Field Study; and Field and Laboratory Methods in Micropaleontology. Each field technique stands alone and has all the information needed including procurement of tools and use of equipment, websites to visit and the use of math and Excel® to analyze and understand results. 146 Pages. Softcover.