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Hasting's Point Photo Identification Booklet
Grade 11
Biology
Bio Ecology Field Study

By, Colton Hatcher

Introduction Hastings Point is a small coastal town located in New South Wales that is sounded by a national park. Hastings point has been a great location for tourists due to its marine wildlife, beaches and fishing. This destination is home to a magnificent rocky shore perfectly suited for a vast majority and wide range of marine wildlife. The rocky shore has a wide spread of both biotic and abiotic factors which provides a suitable ecosystem for all wildlife but unfortunately this unindustrialized location is becoming over developed. This takes a toll on Hastings point ecosystem immensely because the estuary, beach and the living organisms are slowly diminishing in numbers whilst the waters of the estuary are being polluted and contaminated. This is due to the over populating and the rapid building development around the area. A few members of the community are trying to resolve this issue however the council is yet to act on their suggestions and if everyone continues to refuse to do anything about it then Hastings Point ecosystem will eventually get diminished. The Rocky Shore is an ecosystem of great magnitude although it is filled with a number of smaller ecosystems with in that rocky shore. These smaller ecosystems are the tide and rock pools with in the rocky shore and are home to a large variety of different organisms. All these organisms are not there aimlessly, each and every organism affect one another wether it be plankton, seas squirts, red waratahs, wobbegong sharks, blue octopus etc. Even filtering creatures and plankton are a major part of the ecosystem and the food chain at the rocky shore. This is because if any creature gets abolished no matter what it may be then this creature’s predator’s food becomes scarce and this will result in this particular organism getting wiped out and so on and so forth. With in a food chain almost everything has a predator, unless this

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