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Post by Jack the Ranger on Feb 15, 2002 19:51:17 GMT -5
oh the usual weird things. what's so stressing?
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Post by Rhiannon on Feb 16, 2002 17:21:24 GMT -5
Well, I finished work on my diploma thesis two weeks ago. And I have to wait another 6!!! weeks before I get my mark. Waiting is as worse as working 24/7......So, yeah...  |
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Post by Jack the Ranger on Feb 16, 2002 23:22:28 GMT -5
(this is ooc right?) what's your thesis statement? whats it about?
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Post by Rhiannon on Feb 17, 2002 20:15:43 GMT -5
Yeah, ooc...(sorry...) Food web stuff, basically. It's about interactions between small crustaceans and microalgae. On the one hand, my kind of crustaceans feed very selectively on a certain type of diatoms. On the other hand, algae are not only dumb and helpless food, they have some pretty neat defence mechanisms affecting the reproduction of their grazers.
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Post by Jack the Ranger on Feb 17, 2002 21:00:28 GMT -5
(no need to be) cool. ny dad's thesis is on HTML. don't know what he wrote, only that he got his masters degree by writing a thesis on HTML. *continues eating* what defence mechanisms?
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Post by Rhiannon on Feb 18, 2002 16:34:05 GMT -5
Seeweeds can produce toxic or acid chemicals to defend themselves against grazers. Microalgae are single cell individuals so their strategy is focused on defending the whole population. The ones I study produce aldehydes that prevent cell division in copepod eggs when mechanically injured, e. g. by biting. Since it's too late then for the ingested cell, the defence helps the rest of the algae population. Hatching rates for copepod eggs are at 10% during algae blooms and up to 90% after them. Thats why investigations started because you would normally think that the copepod populations grow when their primary food source grows, too...
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Post by Jack the Ranger on Feb 18, 2002 19:19:05 GMT -5
cool *devours another onion ring*
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Post by Gwen Atanono on Feb 18, 2002 20:28:30 GMT -5
*walks over to the cafe & finds herself in a small table all by herself...ah...it smells good here...sees all the couples there & wishes that she had a guy...uh all by myself again...*looks at a menu...what's good here?...hmm...
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Celebtaurwen
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Post by Celebtaurwen on Feb 19, 2002 15:25:59 GMT -5
*appers out of no where, at Jessies side!* Would u like to order?
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Post by Lorelei on Feb 19, 2002 20:19:22 GMT -5
*sighs and finishes her glass of water and orders a glass of Elven wine*
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Post by Gwen Atanono on Feb 20, 2002 0:59:52 GMT -5
*appers out of no where, at Jessies side!* Would u like to order? Umm...I don't know...what's good here? |
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Celebtaurwen
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Post by Celebtaurwen on Feb 20, 2002 16:09:20 GMT -5
*scribbles on a note pad: Wine, Elven* Er, I also make a wounderful cheese toastie... But...
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Post by Gwen Atanono on Feb 20, 2002 20:17:26 GMT -5
Thanx,that would be fine.  |
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Post by Celebtaurwen on Feb 21, 2002 16:08:57 GMT -5
*smiles* ok *rushes off into the kitchen*
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Post by Rhiannon on Feb 21, 2002 16:15:37 GMT -5
So, what are you doing besides your stay in Rivendell, Jack?
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