Ecological niche

We have been able to observe marine organism in the clade Littorinimorpha in the three tides zones high, mid, and low each have their own ecological niche for marine organisms. But there is some marine life that are able to live in patchiness within zones and thrive in more than one. The high intertidal zones are home to marine life that are more tolerant to air, like barnacles (Ricketts et al. 1968). The mid zone includes higher low water and lower low water, which can be indicated by limpets…

which eventually adapt to their new environments and evolve to become their own sub species and then distinct species. This occurs through the process of adaptive radiation. The population of an ancestor species radiates outwards to different ecological niches. From there, these now separate populations adapt to their new habitats and resources in isolation. This gives them opportunity to evolve and become their own species based off of genetic changes that make them most fit for their new…

speciation due to its stature (“Homo Floresiensis,”2015). Adaptive radiation is a process when a species quickly takes advantage of new ecological niches that are available (Lewis et al., 2013, p. 113). As they adapt to those new niches they diversity into a large number of species (Lewis et al., 2013, p. 113). Its adaptive potential and the opportunities of the new niches leads to a species to diverge into many variations (Lewis et al., 2013, p. 113). The adaptive radiation of Homo…

The Evolution of Polar Bears Laysa De La Torre Polar bears have a very interesting history as they are evolved from brown bears. It is very weird how they don’t hibernate but interesting to hear what happens when they don’t hibernate. Polar bears are actually very interesting even if you may not like them, you will soon be interested after reading this. Polar bears hair is white because, the air spaces in…

This is because each species fills a specific ecological niche, by being adapted to that environment. The loss of one species affects another as any species that will take over the niche will not be able to replace the function of the original species. They are important in maintaining the ecosystem services such as photosynthesis, biological control of pests, nutrient…

They did not have to adapt to this environment like most life on the islands because their comfort zone is on the quiet, barren coasts. The mangroves seem isolated from the outside, but inside many forms of life find shelter. The entire ecological niche is filled with sea lions lazing on branches and turtles resting on the bottom and mangrove finches flying amongst the leaves. All seems normal with the mangroves of the Galapagos until the tectonic uplift, in response to magma moving underneath…

ECOLOGICAL THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE Johnson, Elizabeth A. Ask the Beasts: Darwin and the God of Beasts. London: Bloomsbury, 2014. 122- 286 Elizabeth brings to our attention the doctrine of continuous creation, where the Creator is continuously present and active in the divine presence; such that creation is continuously happening. In this, there is need of dialogue in attending to the Spirit of God, dynamic ground and bearer of all evolution. This is achieved by examining how ever -present…

Yerisa F. Abreu Ms. Jassinya Alvarado Societal Issues 21 February 2018 Societal Writing Assignment Overpopulation happens when a species' population exceeds the carrying capacity of its ecological niche. The United States is already overpopulated in the sense that we are consuming our national. The way we are taking space from our nation doesn’t only mean we are running out of space to live but that we are making this into a social issue. If this overpopulation continues we soon won't have…

A fishery is a broad term used to describe any activity involving the harvesting of aquatic and marine animals, mainly fish. A fishery can refer to the fishing vessel, equipment and crew involved in the harvesting; the area that the fishing activity occurs in; and/or the species of interest. These can be wild captured seafood or seafood harvested through aquaculture. Commercial fisheries can also refer to the whole process of catching, processing and marketing the seafood for sale and involves…

was caused by the laws of nature, circumstance, and competition. These complex species originated from simple organisms who through the process of evolution (specifically Natural Selection), slowly adapted genetically to occupy a variety of ecological niches. Paley’s design argument argues for the necessity of a creator to explain the world’s complexity. This is refuted by Natural Selection, since Natural Selection provides an observable explanation for the Earth’s complexity without appealing…