The Everglades national park is located in South Florida‚ it expands 1‚509‚000 acres throughout 3 Florida state counties. The wetlands elevation ranges 0-8 feet above sea level. Biotic Components Plants Saw-grass prairies (most abundant) Freshwater ponds Sloughs Swaps and marshes Animals Alligators (most dangerous predator) Florida Panther Birds‚ fish‚ snails‚ frogs and turtles Abiotic Components Warm all year with dry and wet seasons 70% of the rainfall occurs during the
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Running head: ILLEGAL ANIMAL TRADE IN SOUTH EAST ASIA ILLEGAL TRADE IN ANIMALS AND ANIMAL PARTS IN SOUTH EAST ASIA Abhishek Kashyap INTL 5010 Introduction to Research Methods February 29th‚ 2012
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Tina Valler Period 5/6 The swordfish was first described in 1758 by Linnaeus. It was given the name Xiphias gladius which is still used in present day. The Family of this fish is Xiphiidae‚ Order is Perciformes‚ and the Class is Actinopterygii. When it is translated into English‚ the Latin term gladius means "sword"‚ referring to the long sword-like bill the fish possesses. Some of the English common names include broadbill‚ broadbill swordfish‚ and many others. The swordfish is named for
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Seafarming “Things are not looking good in our oceans and seas‚ our bays and waterways‚ our rivers and streams.” This is what Meehan claimed in his essay “Seafarming at the End of the World.” For those that have never heard of this concept‚ sea farming is a form of marine cultivation where organisms are raised and grown in a particular area. Peter Meehan explores this idea due to the dramatic decrease in certain organisms such as kelp‚ shellfish‚ and oysters. Sea farming is the only proposal thus
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Global Warming By Abhijit Naik/30/11/2011 Global warming is one of the most serious environmental issues threatening the very existence of various plants and animal species on the planet. Over the last 100 years‚ the global near-surface temperatures has increased by 0.32SF as a result of various natural as well as anthropogenic causes of global warming. That being said‚ one also needs to take into consideration that the natural causes of global warming play a crucial role in stabilizing the
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received “their common name from their jerky movement through the water” (Clare). They are also “very small‚ usually 2-5mm long‚ with an overall shape similar to a kidney bean” (Elenbaas). Daphnia play an important role in the freshwater food chains and serve as food for other freshwater organisms such as fish. They are also commonly used to test for chemical toxicity in water. Since Daphnia have transparent body‚ it is easier to observe their heart rates‚ and other visceral organ systems. Its small heart
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will also introduce the use of dissolved oxygen meter in determining oxygen production. II. Materials and Methods Water Samples Fresh or Tap H2O (BOD) bottle Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Meter Micropipette 1. All the needed materials were prepared. 2. Freshwater or tap water was added into the BOD bottle. 3. The initial dissolved oxygen was measured using a DO meter. 4. With the use of a micropipette‚ a predefined volume of the water samples acquired in different locations was added into four different
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Bio 101 Chapter 1 Diversity of Life 3 Domains / 6 Kingdoms Archaea / Archaea Bacteria / Bacteria Eukarya / Protista‚ Plantae‚ Fungi‚ Animalia Kingdom Archaea: Prokaryotes; Ancient Bacteria Kingdom Bacteria: Prokaryotes; Common Bacteria Kingdom Protista Eukaryotes; Unicellular organisms (small) Algae (unicellular‚ colonial‚ small or multicellular‚ Large) Kingdom Fungi Eukaryotes; Non-photosynthetic‚ multicellular (except yeast)‚ External
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Sex Drugs and Sea Slime Chapter 1: The Invisible Crowd One member of the zooplankton family is the foraminifera. It lives within the photic zone because some have dinoflagellates that perform photosynthesis. The foraminifera is found floating through the ocean‚ and there are actually many different species of foraminifera‚ some even reside on the sea floor. The foraminifera grows by creating more space in their limestone shells. They’re only about the size of one grain of sand. The foraminifera
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abundance. There are somewhere between 400 to 500 different species of marine fish as well as 21 different types of freshwater fish. There are also many mammals‚ reptiles and amphibians that inhabit the bodies of water that surround Trinidad that have been affected. The Petrotrin oil spill has had an adverse effect on this diverse ecosystem. The spill has put the country’s marine and freshwater animals that inhabit the bodies of water near the Pointe-a-Pierre base‚ such as Queen’s beach‚ Coffee beach
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