The first aspect of the experiment that we would change would be to address what we will be doing with the

stickleback fish after the experiment is completed. We would simply release the fish into the lakes that they would normally inhabit, because the fish have not been altered in any way, so re-releasing them will not negatively impact the ecosystem in any way. We addressed ethical considerations and since we werent harming the fish in any way, but just recreating their environment this experiment is ok ethically. The distinctions for large and small pelvis sizes was fine as well, if they were 0.49 or 0.51 there isnt that much of a significant difference so we would label them as average pelvic size stickleback fish. This experiment would mostly likely be done in a real lake as opposed to a 400 tanks which as pointed out isnt very realistic.Twelve years would give us 12 generations assuming the stickleback reproduce every year.

Another aspect of the experimental design that we would change would be to address the number of dragonfly larvae that would be present in each tank. Because we would actually be using real lakes rather than tanks, we would simply choose lakes that have a noticeable, documented, presence of dragonflies, and so the number would simply be whatever the normal conditions are in the lake. There would still be 10 trout in the lakes that have both predators, just like the lakes that only have trout. The number of trout would be held constant, meaning that if they reproduce quickly, some will be removed, and if they die off, more will be added. In the environment that contains both trout and dragonfly larvae, 10 trout will be held constant and the normal number of dragonfly larvae at the normally present in the lake will be present. In regard to the graphs, axis titles and graph titles were present. A graph depicting the directinoal selection pelvic size when only dragonfly larvae were introduced to the environment should be included along with the other graphs. For clarification, the y axis of the bar graph should state that the number of fish is the average number of fish in the 100 environments. We would not include a graph that includes a treshhold because we are analyzing the distribution of pelvis size in stickleback fish, not number of total fish surviving. Throughout the experiment, we are examining the pelvic size of stickleback fish, not trout.

4/10/2013 The first aspect of the experiment that we would change would be to address what we will be

doing with the stickleback fish after the experiment is completed. We would simply release the fish into the lakes that they would normally inhabit, because the fish have not been altered in any way, so releasing them will not negatively impact the ecosystem in any way. We addressed ethical considerations. Since we were not harming the fish in any way, but just recreating their environment, this experiment is ethically okay. The distinctions between large and small pelvis sizes were stated during the presentation as well. If pelvis sizes were between 0.49 inches and 0.51 inches, there is not that much of a significant difference so we would label them as average pelvic size stickleback fish. In the future, the bar graph that we make should include a bar for average sized pelvis fish, along with large and small size. As a side note, throughout the experiment, we are examining the pelvic size of stickleback fish, not trout. This experiment would most likely be done in a real freshwater lake as opposed to 400 tanks which, as pointed out, is not very realistic. In regard to generations, twelve years would give us twelve generations assuming the stickleback reproduce every year. Another aspect of the experimental design that we would change would be to address the number of dragonfly larvae that would be present in each tank. Because we would actually be using real lakes rather than tanks, we would simply choose lakes that have a noticeable, documented, presence of dragonflies. Therefore, the number of dragonfly larvae would simply be whatever the normal conditions are in the lake. There would still be 10 trout in the lakes that have both predators, just like the lakes that only have trout. The number of trout would be held constant, meaning that if they reproduce quickly, some will be removed, and if they die off, more will be added. In the environment that contains both trout and dragonfly larvae, 10 trout will be held constant and the number of dragonfly larvae normally present in the lake will be present. In regard to the graphs, axis titles and graph titles were present. A graph depicting the directional selection pelvic size when only dragonfly larvae were introduced to the environment should be included along with the other graphs. For clarification, the y-axis of the bar graph should state that the number of fish is the average number of fish in the 100 environments. We would not include a graph that includes a threshold because we are analyzing the distribution of pelvis size in stickleback fish, not number of total fish surviving.