BIOL 2000H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Limnephilus, Periphyton, Caddisfly
17 Nov 2016
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Hypothesis: grazing by macroinvertebrates prediction: intense grazing should reduce biomass. In-lake experiment l224: lop p, high light boreal lake (natural rock surfaces, 1 m deep) caddisfly grazer (limnephilus sp. The answer to that in the idea of basic versus applied science. Basic vs. applied research the eternal debate over basic vs applied research has been getting some renewed attention in canada lately. It was a proviso he tacked on to almost every sentence. Applied science does not typically add to general understanding of the world uses knowledge and information to address specific problems motivated by desire to improve technology examples: fisheries management, diagnoses of tb, agriculture. Most of the funding is going towards applied science. A nation which depends upon others for its new basic scientific knowledge will be slow in its industrial progress and weak in its competitive position in world trade, regardless of its mechanical skill vannevar bush, 1945.
