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FishingFishing TripTrip DataData
Noelle B.Noelle B.
Melissa W.Melissa W.Emily S.Emily S.
Bailey G.Bailey G.
Kirk M.Kirk M.
James CJames C..
Mr. GrindlePeriod eight
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Problem Statements
How diverse is our pond fish population?How has biodiversity changed over the
last few years?What can the hidden ponds biodiversitytell us about the ponds health?
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WHAT IS
BIODIVERSITY??? Biodiversity is the number of
different species in an area.
It is also the variation of life
form within a ecosystem.
Sometime is used to measurestuff like health and
biological stuff. Since it has
been found there have been
many millions of spices in the
earth. There is 3.5 billion
earth year inevolution.
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Why is biodiversity
important in an
ecosystem? Source of beauty and recreation
Provides people with food.
Supplies materials such as; clothing and medicine.
Economically valuable
Helps plants and animals grow.
Important source of jobs for example somecompanies run wild life tours.
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Procedure
s The pond location was in the woods
behind the middle school.
I was fishing on the lentic loop thereare two other spots for fishing: the
front, and the pine loop.
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Procedures
We used open
and closed
fishing rods. We had
clipboards, and
rulers.
The bait we
used was corn,
bread, and lures.
Closed rod
Open rod
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Procedures
After we caught the fish we would
measure it with the ruler and measurein centimeters.
After we measured the fish we would
take the fish off the hook and set itfree.
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PIE DATAnumber of fish 200
Bluegills
total num ber o
fish
large mouthbass
Pumpkinsee
Crappies
Bluegills
Pumpkinseed
Crappies
large mouth bass
total num ber of fis
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# of fish caught in (2007)
large mouth
bass, 14
crappie bass, 2
bluegill, 48
pumpkinseed, 8
large mouth bass
pumpkinseed
bluegill
crappie bass
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Data graph 2007
b l u e g
la rg e m o
b a s s
p u m p k in s
to ta l n u m b
f i s h
0 2 0 4 0 6 0 8 0
n u m b e r o f
f i s h
to ta l n u m b e r o
c r a p p i e 2
p u m p k in s e e dla r g e m o u th b
b l u e g i l l
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Bar graph
fish 200
num ber of fis
num ber of fis
num ber of fis
num ber of fis
num ber of fis
0 10 20 30 40 50
num ber of
fish
total num ber of fis
large m outh bass
Crappies
Pumpkinseed
Bluegills
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fish Blue-gill
Largemouthbass
Pumpkin seed
Crappie bass
2007 48 14 8 2
2009 28 1 12 0
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FormulasFormulas
D- Value of diversity (answer must be between 0 and 1,whereD- Value of diversity (answer must be between 0 and 1,where
0is infinite diversity, and I is the least diversity an ecosystem0is infinite diversity, and I is the least diversity an ecosystem
can possibly be (i.e. only one species present)can possibly be (i.e. only one species present)
N- Total number of organisms of a particular species.N- Total number of organisms of a particular species.
N- Total number of organisms of all species.N- Total number of organisms of all species. 2007 20092007 2009
Bluegill- D=(n/N)2 D=(48/72)Bluegill- D=(n/N)2 D=(48/72)22 D=0.44 D=0.54D=0.44 D=0.54
Pumpkinseed- D=0.00075 D=0.054Pumpkinseed- D=0.00075 D=0.054
Crappie Bass- D=0.00075 D=NoneCrappie Bass- D=0.00075 D=None
Large Mouth Bass- D=0.036 D=0.00006Large Mouth Bass- D=0.036 D=0.00006