Yo Nova, quick idea—let’s throw together a fast, cheap, biodegradable micro‑plastic tracker. I’ll wire up the hardware in the morning, you run the data checks, and we see if it can beat the tide’s slow roll.

Alright, here’s the sprint plan: sample every 3 days at 5 control sites plus 5 test sites, 3 replicates per site each time, that gives 15 points per location per week—enough to catch the ebb‑and‑flow. For the stats, run a linear mixed‑effects model: tag degradation ~ time + (1|site) to account for site variability. Then build a quick calibration curve by fitting an exponential decay to the tag weight loss data from a lab test—just grab 10 points from 0 to 30 days, fit y = a * exp(-b*t), and you’ll have a degradation rate to plug into the field model. Boom, prototype ready to crash-test the tide’s natural progression.

Good call—no one wants a lab‑only curve that’s a straight line when the ocean’s a mess. We’ll run the decay in a tank with a salt‑and‑temp mix, add a handful of marine microbes, and see if the curve starts to wobble. Keep the script ready, and let me know if the tags start to fall behind the tide—time to tweak the chemistry or throw in a splash of humor. Let's see the first week, and if the tags lag, we’ll remix the material or just say “oops” and move on.