Aquatic ecology

DiSilvestro, Roger L. The Endangered Kingdom : The Struggle to Save America's Wildlife. New York: Wiley, 1989. Print. Disilvestro book explains man's attempts to preserve Earth's vanishing wildlife. The book opens with a look at what North America looked like before the rise of man, and the now-extinct animals that once roamed the terrain, and then brings us to the present day. Disilvestro is an environmental journalist that explains the history of wildlife conservation in the united states and…

The most significant forces and factors that drove and contributed to the environmental transformation in colonial North America in the United State would be; the mercantilist system, and adapting to the natural environmental. The transformations of this products were extreme contributing to the biological factors by helping the colonial North America survive and adapt to the environment. On the other hand the cultural forces and factor were not a big part of the transformation in the early…

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a 1168-mile crude oil pipeline crossing North Dakota to Illinois. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is a federally recognized American Indian indigenous community that has a reservation in North and South Dakota, which has asked for an injunction of the construction of the pipeline, arguing that the construction and the operation of the pipeline threatens the Tribe’s environmental and economic well-being, as well as damaging and destroying sites that has great historic,…

Hydrofracking is a process of natural gas drilling. The purpose of the project in Pennsylvania is to create a clean energy source that’s produced domestically in America (Griswold, 2011). However, with such potential economic growth, there are consequences that affect people who live in close proximity to the production. The ecosystem services that are affected are air and water, including the earth. According to the “Ecosystem Services” (Daily, 1997) article, ecosystem services support life…

In “Echo Defense” piece by Edward Abbey, the writer highlights the important of place of how the American wilderness is in danger due to corporate greed. As such, the lack of effort to preserve natural resources have immensely affected the environment, specifically animals and other life sources; such as, minerals, forest, and fertile land that frequently occurs more often than not for economic gains. The writer also pointed out that politicians are in bed with the corporations because they…

Introduction What is nature? On the surface, this might appear to be a very simple question, but it is actually very complex. Indeed, each person has their own concept of nature, and these concepts influence how we interact with the environment. Is nature something that is separate from society? Is it a place to “get away from it all?” Based on these questions, it is important to understand how nature shapes society and how society shapes nature. Between 1970 and 1990, coastal population in…

what an organism eats, and how it interacts with other biological and non-living species. There must be a symbiotic relationship between all species. The three main niches an organism might contend with are commensalism, predation and mutualism. Ecology is about how the species of an ecosystem interact together, their interaction with their environment, and with each other. Plants and animals interactions one must think about are mutual beneficial ones known as mutualism…

the cane toad mainly has caused damage to top predator populations, it effects the population in a top down manner. Neither invasive species only affects the animals that they directly harm. The damage to hemlock populations causes damage to the aquatic stream environments and drastically changes the abiotic factors present; although extremely harmful, it is important to note that this could benefit certains species who tend to require more light, which is limited by the hemlock trees. The cane…

The environmental aspects of the state of North Carolina are unlike any other; varying from the ecosystems of the coast to those of the mountains in the west. With such diversity, North Carolina is bound to attract throngs of people, which it does. This vast population requires the use of natural resources, and in order for long-term civilization to be feasible, sustainability must be kept in mind. As previously stated, North Carolina is hosts a multitude of different ecosystems. There are,…

English Speech Discoveries can be perceived as a long journey or an instantaneous moment of ingenuity. The insights that this discovery can reveal are plentiful and are enjoyed by many individuals. As they come to understand these insights, they can gain knowledge of the world around them, others and more importantly; themselves. These exact discoveries are encountered in Robert Gray’s Poems: North Coast Town and Flames and Dangling Wire and also in Shaun Tan’s and John Marsden's famous Picture…