Joshua Tan Biodiversity in Leaf Litter Introduction: Biodiversity Species diversity is a characteristic that is unique to a community level of biological organization. The biodiversity in different communities has been severely affected by human activities. A community has high species diversity if it has a lot of species present in roughly equally abundant numbers. If it is composed of only a few species or if only a few species are abundant, then the biodiversity is considered to be low. If a
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An invasive species is a plant, animal, or microorganism that is not native to the environment. Just one invasive species in Ohio is the, Japanese Honeysuckle - Lonicera japonica. The Japanese honeysuckle is a semi-evergreen vine that can climb up to 10m and drapes creating dense patches. It has white - yellow flowers that grows in pairs. The flowers are very fragrant, with a sweet fruity smell. This plant is from Eastern Asia, including Japan and Korea. The damage is causes is the vines can wrap
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1. From this experiment, you can conclude that the stomata are typically found on the lower epidermis of the leaf. In this experiment we observed on average 67 stomata on the monocot lower surface, versus 32 stomata on the upper epidermis. In the dicot there was even a greater margin, with 2 stomata in the upper epidermis, and 51 stomata in the lower epidermis. In addition you could see how the dicot and monocot stomata differed: the dicot stomata were arranged in an irregular pattern, while the
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humans rely so heavily on is produced by plants in a process known as photosynthesis. Photosynthesis can be understood by simply looking at its equation. The equation for photosynthesis states that the reactants of carbon dioxide and water, with the use of solar energy, produce carbohydrates and oxygen. Photosynthesis is broken up into two types of reactions, the light reaction and the Calvin Cycle reaction. During the light reaction, pigments located inside plants absorb solar energy and convert that
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In 2010 there was a proposal to get rid of these plants that covered the floor of the reservoir. These plants were called Hydrilla. The Hydrilla had overgrown so much that they expanded from 730 acres that April to 840 acres in December. The reason that this plant was growing to be such an issue, was that it was getting caught up in the propellers of the electric motors on boats and it also kept swimmers at bay. There were multiple ideas to have the hydrilla removed such as dredging, lake draining
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Tadpole Studies Amphibians are directly killed or are sublethally sickened through the influence of pesticides and or other gro-chemicals. Nitrates and malathion have yield a results that show a negative influence on tadpoles in all parameters. Malathion has showed a high frequency in morphological anomalies. Nitrates ,when tested alone, lacked any significant effects on behavior, total length tadpole mass, and a frequency of abnormalities (Krishnamurthy et a, 2011l). Road salt (NaCl) has threatened
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Cultural Creatures A world without animals is a world we would not live in. As they help us in many ways, we should help them back. All over the world, beautiful creatures are being killed by us humans, and it needs to stop sooner rather than later. Imagine you went on a beautiful African safari expecting to see your favorite animal, the elephant. As you go on you start to wonder where all of the towering creatures are, when you spot the body of one laying down on the ground dead with its tusks
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the ticket to gorgeous gardens. For residents of Orange Beach, AL, Emerald Coast Landscaping provides quality lawn maintenance and landscape design. After the professionals exact your lawn’s new stylish design, what can you do to care for your new plants? Here are 3 easy DIY gardening tips to keep your flowers healthy and full: Garden after your morning eggs: Sprinkle eggshells at
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Mountain Pine Bark Beetles are creating a major shift in the environment of the Rocky Mountain conifer Forests. The amount of tree mortality they spread through infestation is on such a large scale that Land Management Agencies are experiencing an overwhelming amount of tree stands affected. This paper will address the infestation of Rocky Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation and the causes, effects and management actions taken. Drought conditions in these areas have increased the extent of the infestation
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Cannabis, or in it's popular name, 'Marijuana', is a plant consisted of dried flowers. This unique plant has many variations of different types of chemicals, which can stimulate psychological and physiological effects upon a living thing. Breaking the recreational drug into a more complex version will result in 'hemp' or classified by the US government as a "Schedule 1 controlled substance drug". Along with it's 50,000 possible beneficial uses of the plant, hemp is considered to be the most essential cash
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