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BIOL 215 Aquatic ecosystems project Skyline Students Say Skyline Students Say “ “ Honestly when we were assigned our first However, those research projects turned research project for BIOL 215 I was not out to be some of the most valuable Term Project really excited to spend extra time in the experiences I’ve had in my undergraduate ” lab outside of the regular class education. schedule…. UC Davis Ecological investigation of an aquatic ecosystem 1970s Environmental 1962 2000s Biodiversity Movement 2000s Biodiversity 2016 Biodiversity National Microbiome Initiative To foster the integrated study of microbiomes across different ecosystems Microbiomes are the communities of microorganisms that live on or in people, plants, soil, oceans, and the atmosphere. Microbiomes maintain healthy function of these diverse ecosystems, influencing human health, climate change, food security, and other factors. www.whitehouse.gov 1

BIOL 215 Aquatic ecosystems project Purpose The Assignment The Assignment • Six (max.) content pages. One report/team . Online at You will be able to: • Background skylinecollege.edu/case. • Materials & methods • Use scientific literature • Results Click on BIOL 215 • Discussion • Evaluate & summarize scientific info. >Term project. • Literature cited page. Include 6 references in correct format. (6) • Study ecology You must use at least 3 journal articles; all references may not Teams of two students. be books and websites. References must be cited somewhere • Work cooperatively (group of 2) in the content. Do not include references prior to 1980. • Three figures on three separate pages. a Each figure must have a legend. b. Refer to each figure in the body of the text. c. Figures can include (one) photograph or picture of the animal; food chain, phylogenetic tree, calculations, graphs. (9). Species diversity Background a. Background. A review of literature on some aspect Select a background topic (skylinecollege.edu/case) of aquatic microecosystems. Put everything in your Review of literature own words with the proper citation in parentheses: -journal articles do not quote directly from other works (1). - Individual report on one article due…Oct 4 References References Species diversity b. Lab Observations. • Articles from peer reviewed scientific journals. • To get started…each student reads one article for Journal Assignment Lecture must be accompanied by a lab • • Internet references must be from academic session plus 16 lab hours by – Due…Oct. 4 sources only. arrangement . No: Wikis, encylopedia, dictionaries, • Final project report needs at least 6 refs. Log in/out (equipment room) textbooks, or search engines. • • Google search, Gale, Skyline College, and other search engines are not citations. • All citations must be in the proper format. See the Style Sheet (BIOL 215 web site) 2

BIOL 215 Aquatic ecosystems project Species diversity Species diversity Species diversity b. Materials & Methods.. b. Materials & Methods. b. Microscopes Natural water/mud sample Stereo • • Visit your sample site • Species diversity Species diversity Species diversity b. Microscopes b. Microscopes b. Microscopes Stereo Stereo Stereo • • • Compound upright Compound upright Compound upright • • • Compound inverted Compound inverted • • Cover What happens if you leave the Species diversity Species diversity lid on during observations? b. Materials & Methods. b. Materials & Methods. Wiki log. Weekly observations. Wiki log. Weekly observations. • • 16 lab hours by arrangement. Equipment room ( S cheduling A nd R eporting S ystem) log in/out 3

BIOL 215 Aquatic ecosystems project Species diversity Species diversity Species diversity b. Materials & Methods. c. Results. Wiki log. Weekly observations. a. Tables summarizing observations you have • posted in your log. (No raw data in report.) Organisms present • b. Graph(s) of population changes. A minimum of Numbers • one graph is required. Maintenance • Replace evaporation every three days!!!!! • Behaviors • Motility • Location • Species diversity Species diversity Species diversity d. Discussion. i. An in-depth discussion on at least one of the organisms you observed. ii. Discuss the changes that occurred in your MicroAquarium over the past nine weeks. Note factors that might have influenced these Figure 1. Ostracod. (a) As seen in microaquarium. changes. (b) Internal anatomy (2) iii. Compare your results with those of a different Ostracods are crustaceans protected by two hinged sample. valves (Figure 1). The animals is about 5 mm long… Who will you meet? Who will you meet? Literature Cited 1. Murdock, P. et al. (2000). Potential effects of climate change on surface water quality in North America. Journal of the American Water Resources Association , 36.2: 347-366. 2. The Smallest Page on Earth. (n.d.). www.microscopy- A tardigrade uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscop y-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/smal1.html. Accessed Sept. 9, 2019. 3. J. Byrnes , P. Reynolds, and J. Stachowicz. (2007). Invasions and extinctions reshape coastal marine Developing eggs of Developing eggs… food webs. PLoS One, 2(3): e295. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000295. 4

BIOL 215 Aquatic ecosystems project Due dates • Individual • Can I feed my microaquarium now? – First Journal article…Oct 4 – Plankton data…Nov1 • Group (2 students) – Regular wiki entries...Canvas – Graded throughout semester, starting this week. • Final report (one per group) – Nov 27 Eutrophication Eutrophication Discharge Eutrophication Biochemical Oxygen Demand O 2 Decomposers Decomposers 5

BIOL 215 Aquatic ecosystems project • Can I feed my microaquarium now? • NO!!!!! • In a month or so, once: ≤0.01 g ground wheat seed 6