Algae

Rockhopper species. Penguins have a direct and indirect influence on the marine life environment. A study was done by Jing Huang, Linguang Sun, Wen Huang, Xinming Wang, and Yuhong Wang, they found that aquatic algae was directly benefited by the penguins being present, they concluded that the algae grows from the penguin droppings. While aquatic moss was not influence by the penguins being in the same environment but they were influence mainly by the water body transparency and somewhat…

I returned to my location on the Lakeshore Nature Preserve Path, just past the Center of Limnology going toward the lakeshore side of campus, on April 6, 2018 from 10:45-11:15 am. It was chilly and very windy that day. It had snowed earlier in the week, so there was still some white visible on the land surrounding the lake. The land straight across the lake looks like a town or city. On both sides of the town, there are many trees lining the shore. The trees look like a mix of pine trees and…

The ocean covers around 70% of the world, contains hundreds of thousands of life forms, and many that have yet to be discovered. Although, we can learn a lot in the classroom environment, there is no better way to understand the marine environment than to physically explore it. The field trip to Virginia Key Beach Park was a great experience. The park is located minutes from downtown Miami and just off the Rickenbacker Causeway. Me being from Texas I had to do some research for the history of…

What is carbon dioxide? Where does it come from? What are the side effects of carbon dioxide being in our everyday lives? These are the types of question that may be floating around in people’s minds all the time. Well, carbon dioxide is a very important greenhouse gas that makes life possible on earth. While it makes living possible, carbon dioxide also has is negative side effects. Carbon dioxide is the byproduct of human and animal respiration but most of all, it biggest emitter is the…

Scientific name: Acrocephalus Aequinoctialis This is an endangered species. Ecological role: Maintains prey/predator population. Helps maintain the spread of a species of weed by dispersing certain seeds as well as feasting on the plant. In danger due to threat from predatorial rat (rattus spp.) and cat species (Felis catus), hunting by children and adults on the island, loss of trees (trumpet tree) that provide food and habitat loss due to sudden and ill-planned immigration. Proposed…

1. What kind of labels are listed here? Why? Response: The labels on ecolabelindex.com are a posting of various ecosystem friendly certifications, governance boards, and methods. The information available provides credible transparency for consumers and organizations seeking ecosystem friendly guidance in a range of areas. 2. How do your consumer (buying) choices affect biodiversity? Response: Most of our household purchases include organic or phosphate free products. Intentions to create a…

reduced and the salinity increases. Organisms must be adapted to prevent the growth of ice crystals in their bodies. Organisms are also adapted to the ice melting and forming. For example, in the spring light becomes available for photosynthesis and ice algae develops. Organic material accumulates and as ice melts, the material is released and fuels…

1. Introduction Pre-industrial revolution, humans beings used to live a primitive life whereby they used wood for cooking, warming house; as biofuel. Even later when they lived in houses, they used candles to light up their homes. Post-industrial revolution, human beings discovered new energy resources which have made life much easier to live. And the discovery of these resources (coal and oil), have also supported the advancement of new technologies e.g. automobiles, airplanes, generation of…

Three different social groups are looked at in Life of Pi, that being Hinduism, Christianity, and Islam. The mainstream religion in Pondicherry is Hinduism. Islam is inferior compared to Hinduism and Christianity. In the middle of the novel, the Priest, the Pundit, and the Imam argue over whose religion is greater and justify their answers. Both, the Pundit and the Priest come to agree that Islam is a religion based on violence. All three men do not know much about the other’s religion, but they…

Life and death seem so different, so distinct; only, after what happened tonight, I can’t tell the difference anymore. Keflavík, Iceland is my safe haven, my home. It is where my great grandfather learned how to herd sheep, where my mother fell in love with my father, where I was born. Every day of Winter, after the sun has set, I slip out into the silence of the night to sit alongside my Secret Lake. It is my way to escape reality, to just be. The water is frozen, the ice glistening in the soft…