Ecology

Lionfish are venomous Marine fish found in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. The fish have started invading the Atlantic waters. The Lionfish pose a great danger to the native ecology, and they might destabilize the ecology. They have a large appetite and are well adapted to evade their prey. The lionfish belong to kingdom Animalia and the Phylum Chordata. The fish lives in deep waters in the Coral feeding on the reef fish. The fish develop at a very fast rate such that a fingerling attains…

ten thousand years. In the marine realm, environmental monitoring programs have revealed recent changes in oceanographic conditions (water temperature, seasonality, ice cover), water chemistry (oxygenation, alkalinity, macronutrients), and local ecologies. Such programs have accumulated data for several decades, but rarely extend before fifty years. Although this interval of study captures profound changes, many have been underway since the industrial revolution (1750-1850 CE). Therefore, it is…

In particular, I can relate to where Bell and Ashwood write about the Western value of individualism. It was interesting to read about the section on “individualism, the body, and ecology” in relation to this period in my life (pg. 206). I definitely felt closed off from my body at this time and it certainly wasn’t something discussed as I become an adult (the natural processes of the body and life). I wonder if I hadn’t moved to an…

Interspecific competition is the competition between two different species. Interspecific competition results from many species with similar niches and limited resources available. A niche is defined as an area that a species inhabits, the role or function of the species in the ecosystem and the species relationship with all is biotic and abiotic factors affecting it (Biology online dictionary, 2015).The limiting resources could be resources such as mates’ nutrients and space (M. Beals, L. Gross…

Why do you want to serve? My parents grew up in an improvised rural village in China, I knew their importance of having their children find a worthy job, which is financially stable. My parents are very proud of my sister obtaining her medical degree. Then there was me, I got C’s and B’s in my first year in college and I had no direction in my life as a business major. When I had the opportunity to trek through the lust rainforest of Sumatra, I know instantly I wanted to work in the environment.…

Ecosystem ecology and climate change: What are the costs and benefits of industrial vs. subsistence agriculture, organic farming, pesticide use? Summary of issue: For thousands of years, the biological science of agriculture has enabled the human race to germinate, and grow into the billions of citizens that we see today. This ever-growing population, however, has put a strain on the once predominant agricultural practice of subsistence and organic farming and facilitated the scientific…

majority if not all human interaction with the environment is negative. If all human-environment interaction is negative, then all human-environment interaction should be shut down completely. Similar to the first myth, disciplines such as human ecology can determine if human contact with the environment has such a negative impact that such interactions need to be terminated immediately. Findings by archaeologists can also reveal the ways in which humans interacted with their environment and if…

Since forests were never able to exceed their natural severity and scale during this time, the ecology was altered. Scientific research about the importance of fire wasn’t developed until the 1960s. This work completely shifted the U.S. Forest Service policy of forest fire management by allowing fires to burn when appropriate. Unfortunately with a…

two in complex ways, and both the areas are often identified as ‘wicked’ problems in ecology. As such, both the topics can be approached by fieldwork, tracking the underlying connections that affect the quality of human life and provide evidence-based feedback on policy matters. In my research statement, I provide an outline of my work in both biodiversity and sustainability areas. For my dissertation in ecology, I studied the biodiversity and dynamics of the understorey community in…

Humans that live indistinguishably from their ecology benefit from a coexistence, but can only live a half life, extinguishing their individuality as time moves on without them. In J.M. Coetzee’s novel ‘The Life and Times of Michael K’, environmentalism is enveloped throughout and is most evident when Michael interacts with the world around him. As Michael’s hare lip is a physical representation his disability, either the color of his skin or the handicap on his speech furthers his lack of…