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By: danyelle cater

danyelle cater — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:26:02 +0000

for my whole life i wanted to become a marine boloist i would like to ask you a few question. you can email me dannilovesrock@gmail.com or call me at 619-252-7805

By: Sarah K.

Sarah K. — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:19:11 +0000

Dear Heather Spence,

My name is Sarah and I am in the 8th grade. I sent you this message as an e-mail but I really wanted to see if I could get an answer and decided to make a post also. I was doing a project in science involving fish tanks and plants. The plants we used were Red Ludwigia and each tank received an equal amount of light. We noticed that the tank that had two plants was warmer than than the tank with one plant and the tank with no plants. The tank with one plant was the second warmest. These results came up every time we measured. We didn’t know what was causing this so my science teacher encouraged me to find the answer. Being a marine biologist, I figured you might know. If you do not know, could you please give me the contact information of someone who would? I would appreciate receiving an answer as soon as possible, even if your answer is no.
Thank you.

Sincerely,

Sarah K.

By: sriram

sriram — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 14:33:21 +0000

hi heather what is the qualification to become marine biologist

By: Becca Parkin

Becca Parkin — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:49:38 +0000

Hey Heather, it’s me again i just want to know:
Is it hard to train to be a marine biologist?
What qualifications do you need to be a marine biologist?
Would you have to go collage to train?
What sort of training would you have to do?
Would you have to go to university to become a marine biologist?
Many thank’s
Becca

By: Emily

Emily — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:18:21 +0000

Hey Ms. Heather! I’ve got a few questions regarding phytoplanktons. If you have time please answer.

1)What is the most common type of Phytoplankton?
2)Easiest to obtain phytoplankton?
3)Easiest to grow for an experiment?
4)What is a common or cheap growth medium for phytoplanktons?
5)Are phytoplanktons in danger of being endangered?
6)Could you give some importance of phytoplanktons?

Thank you.

By: Morghan

Morghan — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:50:56 +0000

I was so glad to hear back from you! Thank you so much, Heather! You helped me a lot on my project!

Thanks again!
Morghan

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:16:26 +0000

Hi Virginie Shelbey and Josee,
Seaweed is a plant. Like plants that grow on land, plants that live in the water are “autrophs” – they make their own food using energy from the environment (especially from the sun).
Heather

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:12:41 +0000

Hi Krystine,
Good to hear from you and I’m glad you are working on a science project. What made you decide to look at this particular question? What is your experimental design? If you have made an observation or done background research that leads you to be interested in finding out more about this, then it is a good question. The next thing is to design a good way to go about testing your hypothesis (what do you think the effect will be?)
If you are going to be testing different levels of Iron Oxide, I would advise you to think about the significance of the amounts that you use (likelihood of finding that level in nature? a previous study used it? etc), and make sure you include a control group!
Heather

By: Virginie, Shelbey, Josee

Virginie, Shelbey, Josee — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:56:25 +0000

Hi Heather!
We are three 13 year old girls from Canada, and we are doing a project on Marine Biology and one of the hardest questions on our research is What do seaweed eat? And how?
It would really really help us if you answered!
Thank you!

By: Krystine

Krystine — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:37:23 +0000

Good day Ms. Heather! I’m Krystine from the Philippines. I was wondering if you could answer some interview questions for our research and investigatory project about increasing the population of phytoplanktons. Our group was required to interview 2-3 professionals. Would you please grant us the opportunity by answering these interview questions? I sent these questions in your email as well. Hope you have the time Ms. Heather

Our Research problem or topic is:
The effect of Iron (III) Oxide on the population of phytoplanktons.

1) What do you think of our research topic?

2) Is our research worth doing?

3) Do you think that we would get a successful result?

4) What are the possible strengths and weaknesses in our Research?

5) Do you think our research is significant?

6) What type of plankton would you prefer for us to use in the experiment proper?

God Bless! And Thanks a lot.