Recently in class we have been studying the various types of phyla in the Kihei tide pools. Those
different phyla are, Annelida, Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Porifera, Cnidaria, Nematode, Arthropoda,
Chordata and Echinodermata. All of these phyla play a role in the ecosystem and in our lab we will look
at the diversity an abundance of each. we looked at this by going to the shore of south maui using a quadrat we counted the marine life in our research area.
Our research question was Which phyla is the most diverse and which is the most abundant my hypothesis was that the arthrapoda phylum would be the most abundant and the nematoda would be the most diverse. however contrary to my hypothesis we found that Mollusca was the most abundant and Arthropoda was the most diverse, boasting 4 different species of crab. some possible sources of error could be: improper data input, miscounting of species, and bias placement of the research area.
I perosonaly enjoyed this lab because it gave us the opertunity to go outside. although it was just a short trip to a tidepool it was better then sitting on the computer researching marine life. Hopefully next semester we can do marine research while scuba diving some reef but unfortanatly school just isnt like that. i attaind amazing intertidal marine Id skills in this lab and a new found respect for out door science.
different phyla are, Annelida, Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, Porifera, Cnidaria, Nematode, Arthropoda,
Chordata and Echinodermata. All of these phyla play a role in the ecosystem and in our lab we will look
at the diversity an abundance of each. we looked at this by going to the shore of south maui using a quadrat we counted the marine life in our research area.
Our research question was Which phyla is the most diverse and which is the most abundant my hypothesis was that the arthrapoda phylum would be the most abundant and the nematoda would be the most diverse. however contrary to my hypothesis we found that Mollusca was the most abundant and Arthropoda was the most diverse, boasting 4 different species of crab. some possible sources of error could be: improper data input, miscounting of species, and bias placement of the research area.
I perosonaly enjoyed this lab because it gave us the opertunity to go outside. although it was just a short trip to a tidepool it was better then sitting on the computer researching marine life. Hopefully next semester we can do marine research while scuba diving some reef but unfortanatly school just isnt like that. i attaind amazing intertidal marine Id skills in this lab and a new found respect for out door science.
