Dolphins in Patagonia
NAME:
NABILAH HAMDIAH
CLASS:
4K2
In the film that was shown to us by our Biology teacher, Miss Fairuz Adlidna, there were two different ecosystems that were being displayed, a marine one and a tigers’ habitat for the other. Based on my observation, I have decided to make a film review on the marine ecosystem.
Through a documentary that was based in the United Kingdom, “INSIDE LIFE”, a young boy called Sam Wigfield was offered the opportunity to be a part of the shooting crew. His job was to actually help a dolphin researcher, Mark on identifying the location of dolphins in the Welsh oceans. Only then can the camera crew work on capturing great shots of the dolphins up close to be inserted and edited in their latest documentary on dolphins. But alas, Sam was unfortunate as his first try did not turn out well. Even though the duo had shifted their positions from being on a sailboat to try to spot the dolphins from high lands, it was still quite a frustration for Sam as they found nothing. According to Mark, that day was practically unlucky as the seas were choppy and rough when dolphin-searching actually requires a sunny day with calm and flat waters as so to not confuse the dolphins with the rough waves of the waters. Honestly, this shows that the number of dolphins are rapidly decreasing over time because it is quite impossible to not spot at least one dolphin if they were in big numbers. How is that possible to be known by humans? With the latest research and developments, scientists came up with the quadrat sampling and capture-recapture methods. However, based on my understandings, I believe that the capture-recapture method is the best way for scientists to determine the overall population of an organism or dolphins in this case that inhibits a particular ecosystem. This is because as dolphins are mobile creatures, the quadrat sampling technique would be inappropriate. The capture-recapture method is done by capturing some member of the dolphin
NABILAH HAMDIAH
CLASS:
4K2
In the film that was shown to us by our Biology teacher, Miss Fairuz Adlidna, there were two different ecosystems that were being displayed, a marine one and a tigers’ habitat for the other. Based on my observation, I have decided to make a film review on the marine ecosystem.
Through a documentary that was based in the United Kingdom, “INSIDE LIFE”, a young boy called Sam Wigfield was offered the opportunity to be a part of the shooting crew. His job was to actually help a dolphin researcher, Mark on identifying the location of dolphins in the Welsh oceans. Only then can the camera crew work on capturing great shots of the dolphins up close to be inserted and edited in their latest documentary on dolphins. But alas, Sam was unfortunate as his first try did not turn out well. Even though the duo had shifted their positions from being on a sailboat to try to spot the dolphins from high lands, it was still quite a frustration for Sam as they found nothing. According to Mark, that day was practically unlucky as the seas were choppy and rough when dolphin-searching actually requires a sunny day with calm and flat waters as so to not confuse the dolphins with the rough waves of the waters. Honestly, this shows that the number of dolphins are rapidly decreasing over time because it is quite impossible to not spot at least one dolphin if they were in big numbers. How is that possible to be known by humans? With the latest research and developments, scientists came up with the quadrat sampling and capture-recapture methods. However, based on my understandings, I believe that the capture-recapture method is the best way for scientists to determine the overall population of an organism or dolphins in this case that inhibits a particular ecosystem. This is because as dolphins are mobile creatures, the quadrat sampling technique would be inappropriate. The capture-recapture method is done by capturing some member of the dolphin