Monday June 5, 2000 07:16 PM
Your idea is that the juvenile specimens will
ensure the future of their species. This is
certainly correct but we must make another
consideration : what is the death-rate in the
juvenile mollusks ?
How many among them will die for each adult?
If we collect an adult we surely kill a specimen
which is able to reproduce but if we kill a juvenile
specimen we only kill a probable adult.
Sicerely I don't know what is the worse !
Maurizio
from Italy.
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Da: Nancy Smith [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Inviato: luned́ 5 giugno 2000 17.12
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Oggetto: buying juvenile specimens
For your consideration and opionions, please....
Do folks look negatively upon study of juvenile specimens? I know not to
take any live juveniles, I don't think I could do that anyway... :) What
about purchasing them? I find them fascinating to "watch" the growth
stages but don't want to be harming the species populations either by
providing even a small outlet for juveniles harvested even unintentionally.
Thank you for your opinions,
Nancy
