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[shari]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8764446#post8764446 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mbbuna
someone brought up one of Shimeks articles(from the DT's website) the other day on another board. i hadn't read it in a few years so i gave it another read. he must have used info from like 1850 or something.

some of the bad info from the article

clam contain zoox in there blood :lol:

they are dependent on phytoplankton for 65% of there CA needs :lol:

there mantles aren't large enough to fulfill the other 35% of CA untill they are 4" :lol:

if you ask me he wrote that article just for DT's to help them sell phyto

How Sad. Do you get your jollys by belittling people?

Shari

 

[shari]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8764932#post8764932 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by critterkeeper
He also completely avoided the fact that they can absorb nitrogen and claimed that ALL clam deaths are due to starvation (ridiculous).

BTW - I've got a copy of the paper he cited that talks about the "small mantle" problem - and it actually says exactly the opposite. The authors found that zoox numbers are HIGHEST per gram of tissue in small clams and decrease with age.

Yeah, not hard to figure out what's going on there...

Unfortunate, as I used to have a lot of respect for Shimek - until I checked all his cited references. I've been writing for about 8 years now and will be the first to admit that I've unintentionally said things that were wrong (typically by repeating something I learned elsewhere that was wrong - without double checking the facts myself), but in Shimek's case it's either total incompetence, or intentional. And he's not an idiot...

I should thank him though - the "mis-information" in those articles and elsewhere is one the primary reasons I felt compelled to write the book.


P.S. To ICURN, and anyone else that visits Tampa, I'm always up for grabbing some food and beer. Drop me a line and I'll try to make the time.

Im sure Dr. Shimek will be happy to read your post


Shari

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8824316#post8824316 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shari
How Sad. Do you get your jollys by belittling people?

Shari

 

[jmaneyapanda]

if you want a textbook- go elsewhere. if you want a wonderful guide and reference. this is the book for you.

 

[Sal Amato]

So much fighting in this section of RC. Peace !