Hi all, My name is Marie Vicksta and I'm a student at the university of wisconsin. This field is entirely new to me, but I may have the opportunity to go to Ecuador this summer to do a study on a clam species, andara tuberculosa, on the coast. I an planning to do a population study in order to help the people there to create a sustainable management plan to bring back the population and hopefully help with mangrove restoration. I am also thinking of looking at the water quality and contamination levels in the clams. Since I am entirely new to this, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as to sampling techniques, but any information that you all could throw my way would be much appreciated. Thanks Marie ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------