Keystone

web, it has been determined that the pond is a healthy and stable ecosystem, although a keystone species is not present. This disproves the hypothesis formed earlier in this lab that stated, “The pond is not ecologically stable and there is no keystone species. The pond does not seem to be biodiverse, and the relative population sizes of the organisms appears to be low, based on visual observations. A keystone species also does not appear to be present, or else it’s population is low, and dying…

A keystone species play a far more important role than it’s relative abundance suggests. These species are the center pieces of their given communities and without them their ecosystem and habitat will fall apart. Keystones species are generally found in low numbers are often apex predators that control distribution and population, but are not limited to food sources, mutualistic species, and different providers. Some of these species are even ecosystem engineers that create or maintain habitats…

matter in life. The Power of Habit book, by an American author Charles Duhigg, has keystone habits that are the source of solutions to many problems, including habit change and willpower. People succeed by transforming habits to achieve them, they have to focus on the pattern that shapes their lives. I agree with Charles Dhuhigg's Idea of habits and keystone habits from his book The Power of Habit that creating keystone habits can help businesses and individuals solve major problems Paul…

habit that could start to transforms other habit and affect others as it creates small wins that leads someone to achieve another small wins that grow into bigger wins. That view is illustrated through the story of Paul O’neil in implementing the keystone habit of excellence in Alcoa, he aimed to reduce injury and results in increase in profits as well. The author also mentioned the importance of willpower and how it could change a habit. The story of Travis who succeed transforming himself…

the less fortunate because I always viewed myself as the “less fortunate”. By the end of the second semester of freshman year, it didn’t take much persuasion for me to sign up for Keystone Club at Boys & Girls Club and I never regretted either. Many of my skills and strengths that I have today was gained from Keystone. I learned how to communicate with people from all the field trips we took, the presentations we presented, and expressing our thoughts and ideas. My money management skills came…

In chapter four, Duhigg demonstrates that the keystone habit of safety used by O’Neill led to success. First, O’Neill fixed Alcoa’s problems of law profit and bad management by focusing on the keystone habit of worker safety which made the stockholder worried. Second, O’Neill knew that companies relied on organization habit, so he wanted to create a new habit of safety (based on the habit loop) which created small behaviors change. Another keystone habit influence thing advantages into patterns…

you are affecting everything around you. Especially if you put in or take out a keystone species. Keystone species are animals that other animals rely on and need to grow. So if you take away an animal that everyone relys on you are hurting all the other animals. In my connection map I wrote about the bottlenose dolphin. It was a very important species because many other animals relied on it. This made it a keystone species. The bottlenose dolphin is a predator and prey. The great white shark…

trail blazer, I believe I encompass the characteristics required to be an outstanding candidate for the Keystone Honors Academy. Truthfully, I did not always recognize myself as a trail blazer. Prior to my junior year of high school, I believed I was just a regular student trying to satisfy herself and her parents…

and the species cinerea.. Within this report there will be discussion of why Australian Sea Lions are considered a keystone species, including what their role is in resourcing, dominating, as well as maintaining the ecosystem they populate; scenarios of what would happen if they went extinct; how humans have impacted them; and how humans can resolve their activities. Why it is a Keystone Species: It has been proven that Australian Sea Lions create a balance in the marine ecosystem because they…

and treated, saw cases of croup and learned how the disease differed from epiglottitis, and saw children with severe asthmatic attacks being carried into the emergency room, and following the appropriate treatment, allowed to walk out of the emergency room as if nothing had ever happened. Call taught me many things about people as well. I learned a claim by a North Philadelphia mother that her child had "weasels in his chest" really meant the child was asthmatic and wheezing. I also learned,…