A Local Ecosystem Investigation- The Disappearing Micro-Bats Of Scheyville National Park
Habitats
Habitats that exist in Longneck Lagoon for the micro-bats are terrestrial and aquatic. The forest is classified as a Cumberland Plain Woodland. A healthy ecosystem has 15% to 20% herbivory, in the terrestrial ecosystem it had an average of 33.5% herbivory. In the terrestrial ecosystem, to illustrate the distribution a transect and a transect study was used. From the 160m transect study. Four types of trees were found, E. crebra, E. mollucana, M. decora and C. glauca. To illustrate the abundance, quadrat sampling was used. The quadrat sampling and the biodiversity survey showed that Longneck Lagoon has a high ranking for the overall health of the ecosystem. Abiotic factors that affects the distribution and abundance explored were air moisture, leaf litter, light, slope and soil pH. In the aquatic ecosystem, abiotic factors that effect the distribution and abundance was explored through the pH, salinity, turbidity, temperature and dissolved oxygen. …show more content…
Roosting areas can include overhangs, mine shafts, sandstone, rooves tree hollows, under big pieces of bark or rooves. Roosting areas available in Longneck Lagoon are building bridges, tree hollows and loose bark. The lagoon also has a human construction of boxes that is used for the bats to roost. They also have roosting that are solely used for mothers raising their young (in reference to pg. 10) due to the diversity of roosting areas made available, Longneck Lagoon has become a safe roosting area for micro-bats.
Habitats
Habitats that exist in Longneck Lagoon for the micro-bats are terrestrial and aquatic. The forest is classified as a Cumberland Plain Woodland. A healthy ecosystem has 15% to 20% herbivory, in the terrestrial ecosystem it had an average of 33.5% herbivory. In the terrestrial ecosystem, to illustrate the distribution a transect and a transect study was used. From the 160m transect study. Four types of trees were found, E. crebra, E. mollucana, M. decora and C. glauca. To illustrate the abundance, quadrat sampling was used. The quadrat sampling and the biodiversity survey showed that Longneck Lagoon has a high ranking for the overall health of the ecosystem. Abiotic factors that affects the distribution and abundance explored were air moisture, leaf litter, light, slope and soil pH. In the aquatic ecosystem, abiotic factors that effect the distribution and abundance was explored through the pH, salinity, turbidity, temperature and dissolved oxygen. …show more content…
Roosting areas can include overhangs, mine shafts, sandstone, rooves tree hollows, under big pieces of bark or rooves. Roosting areas available in Longneck Lagoon are building bridges, tree hollows and loose bark. The lagoon also has a human construction of boxes that is used for the bats to roost. They also have roosting that are solely used for mothers raising their young (in reference to pg. 10) due to the diversity of roosting areas made available, Longneck Lagoon has become a safe roosting area for micro-bats.