2015 Molokai HS
NR Production
Evaluating and Assessing Abiotic and Biotic Factors Pertinent to Natural Resources Production
“What are important abiotic and biotic factors affecting organisms that are considered in Natural Resources Production decisions? How can pertinent information and data be accessed or collected? Are there area or location specific information and data that must be collected on-site or are there other options available in gathering data?”
Written By: Nadia Augustiro & Hepuakea Falealii
3/13/2015
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ABSTRACT Our research paper talks about the importance of abiotic and biotic factors that affects organisms that are considered in Natural Resource Production decisions. It also talks about the elements of abiotic factors and how abiotic and biotic factors are related and beneficial to each other. Each person needing to make these decisions can find important necessary data in many different places. Data is collected all the time; we just need to learn how to access it.
MAIN BODY
What is an ecosystem? An ecosystem is an area that includes all the attached living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) elements. Ecosystems need a balance of both types of factors to be healthy and sustainable. Ecosystems have a natural balance of abiotic and biotic factors.
Abiotic
The aim of the river study at both Tannum sands wild cattle and south tree Boyne Island was to undertake and investigate and collect data on the abiotic and biotic contributions to the mangrove ecosystem and to analyse the human impacts, regarding both the animal and plants distribution and abundance.
As defined by “Environmental Science- 14th Edition”, an ecosystem is “a set of organisms within a defined area or volume that interact with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy.” I will be using the computer simulation to alter the interactions of the organisms in the ecosystem to see what changes occur.
Ecology is the branch of biology that studies the relationship between organisms and their environment. Ecology is a basic tool of environmental science.
Biomes are appropriate conditions for organizing the natural world because the organisms that live in them common constellations of adaptations, particularly the climate of each of the areas and the characteristic vegetation types that develops in these divisions. It should be understood that the climate is perhaps the most important in determining classes of individuals who may live in an area and the ways they should be amended to live under different conditions of temperature and precipitation and seasonal distribution of these factors element. Every place on Earth has its own climate, influenced by both macroclimate regions as the particular microclimate. The soils are very important because they are essential to determine the types of plants that will grow into a bioclimatic zone in partical, in addition, also as substrates for animals serve. In turn, the soils are heavily influenced by regional climate, as well as the geology of the bedrock. At the same time we have to keep in mind the diversity of plants like the flora just like the diversity of the fauna as well as the adaptation of both.
Human activities have also had a negative impact on the natural ecosystem of the Bola Creek Rainforest with popular activities like bushwalking, cycling, surfing, canoeing and swimming. There are also man made historical features and Aboriginal cultural sites within the landscape that have left a human footprint on this otherwise natural ecosystem. The vegetation was noted to be both heathland and temperate forest and the average climate of this ecosystem consists of a warm temperate average of 25°C and average annual rainfall of 100mm. The rainforest has a diverse topography with both natural and artificial physical features of the area and a gentle slight slope of the land, throughout the trail. The report to follow will demonstrate in further detail the findings of the Bola creek field study and the condition of the ecosystem within it.
An ecosystem is a community of interacting organisms and their environment. If one of the organisms is disturbed, it can change the trophic cascade which is a sequence of impacts down the food chain. Hannibal supports this statement by writing “keeping these connections going ensures healthy, functioning ecosystems, which in turn support human life.”(578) An example of this is if all of the beavers died the other organisms would go somewhere else or die due because they no longer will have dams to support their ideal habitat.
2. Question : What is the most important single environmental factor in determining the productivity of rangelands?
Community ecology deals with the interaction of multiple species in a community as well as their interaction with the environment. Ecosystem ecology deals with energy flow and chemical cycles in an environment. Landscape ecology deals with how multiple ecosystems
Ecosystem management takes an integrated view of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, integrates ecological concepts at a variety of spatial scales, incorporates the perspectives of landscape ecology so that the range of possible landscapes in an ecosystem is recognized and preserved, and is an evolving paradigm incorporating the objective of ecological sustainability.
Ecology: The study of the interactions between organisms and the other living and nonliving components of their environment.
Ecosystem: a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment
Course Description This course focuses on the causes of, impacts of, and solutions to environmental issues. Students identify global environmental issues as well as develop and critique environmental action plans. Topics include ecosystems, energy, populations, resources, pollution, and sustainability. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • • University policies: You must be logged into the
In the ecosystem organisms rely on each other for food and protection. The Food chain is like a pyramid you have the producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary consumers, and quaternary consumers. It’s an almost perfect balance and if any level were to just stop existing then the food chain would be destroyed. An example of organisms relying on others is an issue of isle royale were the wolves and moose population are in jeopardy. This relationship is important because without the other animal the population would die.
This paper uses the terms natural resource(s), resource(s), and reserve(s) in many different contexts. Please use care when interpreting their usage and context.
The environment generally refers to the surrounding’s of an object or an individual. It can be in the form of the physical environment, biophysical environment, built environment, social environment and the natural environment among other forms. The natural environment refers to the naturally occurring flora and fauna together with the land on which they occupy.