Category: Ecology

Critical Reflection At the beginning of the module, you were introduced to a scenario: You are a fisheries ecologist who monitors commercially-important fish species in the the northern Gulf of Alaska. And you are interested in learning about how life history traits and reproductive strategies intersect with overharvesting practices. And now, for your narrative reflection statement assignment, relate the information you learned in this module to this critical reflection question by writing 2-3 paragraphs: As a fisheries ecologist, how might you describe what might happen to future genetic variability, following decades of selecting on the genetic variation of commercially-important fish species? Connections to the field! To learn more about marine ecosystem responses to environmental variability and the roles ecologists play, visit the Northern Gulf of Alaska Long-Term Ecological Research website for more information!

Application and Practice (individual) This assignment continues our explorations of relating academic concepts to authentic real-world research. Please follow all instructions and tasks described below. To begin, watch both of these videos, where you’ll see how the elephants in the video are adapting to a human impact, whereas the corals were acclimating to a human impact: Video 1: Coral Reefs Video 2: Tuskless Elephants For your submission, write a brief summary (2-3 professionally-written paragraphs) that compares and contrasts the terms “adaptation” and “acclimation”. Use specific supporting details from both videos for credit.

Read this article : Next, answer these two questions: 1) What was the single most important thing you learned from this reading? 2) How might the information presented within the article be consistent with or conflict with your own ethical views on the subject matter? Support your statements with ecological concepts and principles we’ve been learning about.

This assignment continues our explorations of how to interpret ecological data. And it’s a terrific opportunity for you to relate academic concepts to authentic real-world research. To begin, watch this video entitled “Beak of the Finch from HHMI: After watching the video, complete the document attached.

Task:

Topic: How urban development affects animal habitats. Find and accurately cite five peer-reviewed academic articles relevant to your research topic. Submit a preliminary bibliography listing these five articles in APA format, along with a brief summary of each article.

ill do the video write itt down for me Video Proposal: You will then follow up choosing the topic with me by creating a short 4-5 minute video discussing why you selected your topic. This video is due on February 4 at 5pm on iLearn. In the video, you are to answer a number of questions related to your topic. First, you will start out by describing what your topic is, including with a verbal thesis statement in the format of “In my paper, I will look at this topic”. Following this, you will respond to the question: why did I choose this topic? In this proposal you need to show some familiarity with your topic. So you should discuss the types of sources you will use in your overall paper and discuss the types of topics, debates, controversies, etc. that are present. To that end, you will submit to me a bibliography of five academic sources separately. These five academic sources should be properly cited using a consistent style and must have a working link attached to the citation. This video proposal is due on February 4 and 5pm on iLearn and is worth 3% of your total grade.