Second letter to editor.

February 13, 2010

Dr. Rebeca Price

BES 301 Science Editor

University of Washington Bothell

Bothell, WA

Dear Dr. Price:

Recently my paper, “Will the Dogwelk snail grow differently depending on location?” was reviewed by two peers, and their suggestions were incorporated. Your comments back on the second draft were appreciated, but some of the items were unclear.

Regarding the feedback that you forwarded via email dated February 12, 2010, could you clarify some of the comments given:

1. What does, “re-label categories so they make sense…” imply?

2. Could you let me know why a legend is necessary?

3. My question presented was, “Will snails grow significantly differently based on their location?” You wrote, “Is there enough background to understand the question?” Did you want me to research more information about the particular locations?

4. Where would I find information about methods to understand the experimental test? Was there more data supplied somewhere that I just missed? It would be nice to know if the experiments had the same current pressure, and that food was used from the localities, etc.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Teresa Bower