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BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 1

BIO 315 Week 1 DQ 2
BIO 315 Week 1 Assignment Beren Robinson Field Study Paper
BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 1
BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 2
BIO 315 Week 2 DQ 3
BIO 315 Week 2 Learning Team Exercises
BIO 315 Week 2 Environment, Resources, and Competition

BIO 315 Week 1 Assignment

Beren Robinson Field Study

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Resources: Field Study by Beren Robinson in Ch. 5 of Elements of E

cology
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the important aspects
of the study and how they relate to ecology and evolution.
Describe original observations of researchers.
Describe the study in detail:
Research questions of study Hypotheses Variables in study
Discuss research findings.

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What is your personal definition of ecology? How do the definitions

of ecology presented by Essentials of Ecology and the one propose
d by Ernst Haeckel vary? Which of these previous definitions of eco
logy do you agree with and why?

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What is your personal definition of ecology? How do the definitions

of ecology presented by Essentials of Ecology and the one propose
d by Ernst Haeckel vary? Which of these previous definitions of eco
logy do you agree with and why?

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What is intraspecific competition? What are some examples of how

the limited quantity of resources affect intraspecific completion? H
ow does intraspecific competition affect species distribution and th
eir evolution?

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Define the terms fundamental niche and realized niche. How does
competition relate to George Evelyn Hutchinsons concept of niche
s? How can niche differentiation or complementary experiments e
xplain aspects of evolutionary theory?

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Describe the three main types of predator defined in ecology. How

does an understanding of fitness, abundance, and foraging behavi
or help us understand predation? How does environmental patchi
ness or fragmentation affect predatorprey populations?

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, Resources, and Competition

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Resources: University of Phoenix Materials: Temperature and Preci

pitation, Intraspecific Competition, and Interspecific Competition l
ocated on your student website
Imagine you are an ecologist studying ecosystems. In this assignm
ent, you are given a set of data to study.
Review the Temperature and Precipitation data, Intraspecific Comp
etition data, and Interspecific Competition data located on your st
udent website.
Analyze the data provided in three graphs.
Environment, Resources, and Competition Presentation:

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m Exercises (UOP)

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Complete the following:

After reading Ch. 1 of Essentials of Ecology, create an outline of the
main interactions that happen between organisms, populations, an
d communities in an assigned ecosystem. Develop an outline and s
uggest additional interactions that might be important.
Examine the importance and applicability of this weeks concepts t
o each team member and to society in general.
Post your teams outline from this exercise via the Assignments lin
k. Briefly describe how this activity applied to the weekly concepts.
Post a 150- to 200- word summary from your teams examination a
nd discussion of the weekly concepts exercise via the Assignments
link.

BIO 315 Week 3 DQ 1 (UOP)

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What are some ways ecologists define populations? What are some
of the factors that regulate populations? What challenges do ecolo
gists encounter when studying populations?

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What is demographic stochasticity? Why are small populations mor

e susceptible to extinction from demographic stochasticity than lar
ger populations? Why is demographic stochasticity important to bi
ologists?

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What is primary and secondary production? What are the limiting f

actors on primary production in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems
? Why is it important for an ecologist to be able to understand the
energy pathways through trophic levels?

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What is a biogeochemical cycle? Describe how the hydrological cycl

e transports water through ecosystems. What are some examples
of both benign and disruptive human contributions to biogeochem
ical cycles?

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signment Yeast Culture Lab

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Resources: University of Phoenix Materials: Lab Report Outline, Yea

st Lab Worksheet, and Yeast Lab Spreadsheet located on your stud
ent website
Review the Yeast Lab Worksheet. It contains images of four yeast s
amples that were observed at 0, 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours.
Count the number of yeast cultures observed at each interval.
Record the data on the Yeast Lab Spreadsheet and analyze the gra
phs.
Write a lab report of 1,050- to 1,400-words following the Lab Repor
t Outline provided on your student website. Address all points liste
d in the outline.
Format your lab report consistent with APA guidelines

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Ecosystem Stability
Complete the following:
Identify producers and consumers in your native biome and answe
r the following questions:
How would removing a producer affect that biome?
What if a consumer is removed?
How are the results different?
In what situation would an ecosystem be unaffected by the remov
al of producer or consumer?

BIO 315 Week 4 DQ 1 (UOP)

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Define the following terms: biome, mosaic, and patch. What role d
oes scale play in the study of ecology? Why are aquatic ecosystems
classified differently than terrestrial biomes?

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How does climate influence a biome? What are some of the factors
that determine an areas biome? Why do ecologists study the transi
tional zones between biomes?

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What is the difference between species richness and diversity? Wh

at are some of the challenges in determining the species richness
of a community? How can these challenges be overcome?

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How do alien species affect ecosystems? How might alien plants an

d animals influence evolutionary differentiation? Why is understan
ding diversity and species richness so challenging for ecologists?

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m Assignment Ecosystem

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Resource: Ecosystem WebQuest located on your student website

Select an ecosystem to examine. Obtain faculty approval for your e
cosystem.
Navigate the Ecosystem WebQuest and answer the questions locat
ed within it.
Prepare a 9- to 10- slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation des
cribing your teams selected ecosystem and Ecosystem WebQuest.
Answer all of the questions within the WebQuest.
Present the Ecosystem WebQuest and Presentation.

BIO 315 Week 5 Assignment

Estuary Project Paper (UOP)

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Resource: The San Francisco Estuary Project website

Read the Introduction to the San Francisco Estuary Project Compre
hensive Conservation and Management Plan found on the San Fra
ncisco Estuary Projects (SFEP) website at http://sfep.abag.ca.gov
Select the Publications link on the left-hand side of the site.

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Case Study Review and Discussion

Complete the following:
Read the field study in Ch. 20 of Elements of Ecology and discuss t
he questions at the end.
Discuss any concept that a team member is having a difficult time
understanding.
Examine the importance and applicability of this weeks concepts t
o each team member and to society in general.
Post your teams solutions from this exercise as a 150- to 200-word
summary via the Assignments link. Briefly describe how this activit
y applied to the weekly concepts.

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