Aquatic-organism Scholarly Journal

 The scope and potentials of studying the population subtleties of aquatic organisms, both under strictly controlled conditions and under less controlled but more natural conditions, that is, in the field. Controlled environmental compartments can be used to maintain organisms under known conditions of light, temperature, and nutrient levels, so that the effects of each of these variables on exact populations as well as on the whole ecosystem can be considered. This also requires rather sophisticated biostatistics, sound experimental design, and dependable sampling protocols. More controlled conditions can be attained in laboratory-controlled systems (microcosms), but inevitably with a lesser degree of realism. Experimental research data can never be assumed to apply reliably to field conditions, even those ensuing from results obtained in very large field-based containers or enclosures. The ultimate solution is clearly also to perform large-scale experiments in the field, but this may frequently not be possible because of logistic and/or financial restrictions.  

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