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MANGROVE KAYAKING ASSIGNMENT INFORMATION LSN 2433 ECOLOGY
GENERAL INFO:Students may work in PAIRS for this assignment so please submit one assignment per group of 2 people unless you prefer to work individually.Submit assignments in BBlearn. To do this go to Assignments and then click on Mangroves and upload your file. This will be checked using SafeAssign for plagiarism before being graded.
DUE DATES:Trip date
Sections
Assignment due dateSunday 1st March
Tuesday 3rd March
CLZ CL3
CFC
Thursday 12th MarchTuesday 10th March
Wednesday 11th March
CLV
MKA
Thursday 19th March
GENERAL MARKING SCHEME:
The report should be written up as a report including the following items:HEADING
DETAILS
MAXIMUM MARKSIntroduction
General description of the mangrove ecosystem and its importance
15Methods
What you did on this trip to collect information
5Results
Identify and describe the abiotic factors of this ecosystem
Identify and describe the biotic factors of this ecosystem including photos of each organism with names and level in the food chain (producer herbivore carnivore omnivore decomposer)
Food web for this ecosystem this should be done using your own photo or photos from your friends and NOT photos or food webs you have googled
Based on your food web you should be able to identify organisms that may be competing for resources. Identify them and propose a niche for each one to avoid direct competition
Threats to the mangrove ecosystem and conservation efforts to protect it
10
10
15
10
10General
Well written
5Attendance
As promised
25TOTAL100”
