Thursday, February 24, 2011

Describe the common parts of a river (riparian) habitat


Rivers have been used as a source of water, for obtaining food, for transport, as a defensive measure, as a source of hydropwer to drive machinery, for bathing, and as a means of disposing of waste.Rivers have been used for navigation for thousands of years.The ecosystem of rivers is generally described by the river continuum concept, which has some additions and refinements to allow for spatial (dams, waterfalls) and temporal (extensive flooding). The basic idea is that the river can be described as a system that is continuously changing along its length in the physical parameters, the availability of food particles and the composition of the ecosystem.

Blog # 2 Which biome would you most like to visit? Why?


Some problems in the fresh water biome are pollution (caused by humans), bacteria (medical problems) and over fishing. Some examples of pollution can be industrial waste, oil leakage or just plain littering. So would like to visit the biome water pollution problem to see if i can help the community out by getting it cleaner

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Describe some of the relationships between organisms you believe are happening on campus. Give at least three examples


Gio,Danielle,Pricilla,Justine-Well all living animals effect our Enviroment a few are : Birds, ants, and even some plants
Such as Weeds. The animal has the greatest impact since agriculture represents a way of organizing the environment to produce food, and this includes crops and livestock animals.
The animal effects the plants because it would use the flower as its meal.