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Halterungsversuch

English translation: holding trial

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German term or phrase:	Halterungsversuch
English translation:	holding trial
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13:02 Jul 6, 2009

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Science - Environment & Ecology / Survey of fish mortality

German term or phrase: Halterungsversuch

In a survey of fish mortality associated with a power station.

"Er behauptet es sei fur 24 Fischarten nicht moeglich, auch nur fur einen einzigen Monat die fur eine statistisch auswertbaren Halterungsversuch erforderliche Anzahl von Individuen zu erhalten.

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transatgees KudoZ activity Questions: 681 (7 open) (20 without valid answers) (6 closed without grading) Answers: 518 United Kingdom
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holding trial

Explanation:
I.e. keeping the fish under the relevant experimental conditions for the required period of time.

Hälterung

Als Hälterung wird die zeitlich befristete Aufbewahrung von lebenden Fischen ohne Fütterung bezeichnet. Die Hälterung ohne Fütterung dient der Qualitätsverbesserung und -sicherung der Speisefische, der Vorbereitung des Verkaufs oder des Transportes. Die Hälterung sollte mit ausreichend Sauerstoff- und Wasserversorgung gewährleistet werden.
http://www.aquakulturtechnik.de/Lexikon/h/haelterung.htm

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Armorel Young
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:41

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Matches the context well. Thank you
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holding trial

Armorel Young

2 +1

cultivation attempt

Derek Gill Franßen

support trial or test

traversa

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43 mins confidence:

support trial or test

Explanation:
I think there's text missing, but I'm guessing this refers to a trial that was carried out over a month before to provide back-up statistical information for the study.

traversa
Netherlands
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Hälterungsversuch cultivation attempt

Explanation:
...or, perhaps, "cultivation experiment," depending on the rest of the context.

Examples:

"Neben der fachgerechten Hälterung und Behandlung von Versuchspflanzen hat der ... Besides appropriate cultivation and treatment of experimental plants the" (see http://www.uni-kl.de/FB-Biologie/Botanik/bot_garten.htm ).

"Earlier cultivation attempts of this species were mainly motivated by the intraspecific variation in its developmental mode (poecilogony), which predestines S. benedicti for studies of different developmental and maternal effects." (See http://209.85.135.132/search?q=cache:-h47pWXCFKMJ:docserver.... .)

(Also see page 1, where they speak of "fish farming," here: http://www.biodiversitymonitoring.ch/pdfs/dt/737 225 Z3 Fisc... .)

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
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English
PRO pts in category: 12