Biodiversity

Johnson’s Seagrass is a small, fragile seagrass that reproduces asexually. As a consequence, it’s range is limited to 200 kilometers in length of river mouths and tidal rivers off the coast of Florida, making it the seagrass with the most limited distribution in the world. It’s leaves are about 2-5 cm in length. This seagrass is tolerant of variations in salinity but is not tolerant of damage caused by human boating activities and actions including anchoring and dredging. This species of seagrass

Deforestation is a genocide of trees, a modern day environmental plague. The clearing of millions of trees each day. Not only hurting the environment, but all types of animals, plants, and indigenous peoples that survive and live off of the forests. The forests we destroy day by day. For our own selfish reasons. Deforestation is a major problem in our day and age, by killing the millions of trees that live on our planet, we will kill the earth. Trees are apart of our natural environment, they produce

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History details the continued loss of biodiversity that has occurred since the rise of mankind. Elizabeth Kolbert claims that we are now in the midst of a sixth mass extinction, and that, if precautionary measures are not taken, the loss of biodiversity would be catastrophic. Chapter one begins by describing the golden frogs in the town of El Valle de Antón, and how they were beginning to disappear. The frogs disappeared due to a fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

In looking at keystone species, two that interested me were sea otters and elephants. Being keystone species, these animals control a stable and healthy environment for that of which they live, impacting all organisms in the habitat, whether they are directly interacting with it or not. Without these species, their habitats would be greatly impacted in a negative way and we would see a far different environment. The sea otter is the keystone species for habitats in the Pacific Northwest, specifically

image and many of the Amazon's forests are anthropogenic in nature resulting from the careful management of biodiversity by indigenous people. Unlike modern cultivation techniques, these Amazonian people were attuned to the ecological realities of their environment and they understood how to sustainably manage the rainforest to suit their needs. They saw the importance of maintaining biodiversity through a mosaic of natural forests, open fields, and sections of forest dominated by species of special

rate of zoonotic infectious human disease stood at 60% in 2012 and 75% emerging infectious diseases (Bryner). The increase in zoonosis attributes from overpopulation that reshapes our environment with habitat modification and the brisk loss of biodiversity. Understanding and breaking the chain of infection can stop transition of disease. Furthermore, education, containment, surveillance and the design and use of natural products ultimately will curb the rise of zoonotic infectious diseases. Humans

Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia Robusta)(U.S. National Plant Germplasm System 2010). Based on the studies, our hypothesis is Population of Mexican Fan Palm (Washingtonia Robusta)(U.S. National Plant Germplasm System 2010) is highly affecting the biodiversity in The Arroyo Seco, especially to the population of Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis - Benth) (NatureServe, 2015) because of the same habitat and requirement of

sides of the issue presented. Mr. Stevenson’s reasoning for killing a local (allegedly) feral cat seems fairly justifiable if one considers the amount of piper plovers he may have saved, which is an endangered bird species (Murphy, 2007). Even so, biodiversity is complex and cannot be simply solved by killing one species in order to protect another. Stevenson admitted intent to kill the cat and expressed a willingness to kill others if needed in order to protect bird species. Such mindset does not pose

species from reaching their food and water and spreading disease. The humber watershed is affected in two different ways: native species and the overall ecosystem of the watershed. invasive species on the humber watersheds have a major threat to the biodiversity of our waters,wetlands, and marshes. These organisms that originate from different ecosystems pose a great threat to our ecosystem because coming to our ecosystem their natural predators can no longer keep the population's growth rate under control

known land prices and administrative costs, the group also raised the price to protect important habitats so that the total estimated annual value reached $ 76.1 billion. Although this figure appears to be daunting, the researchers said the cost of biodiversity was insignificant. (Cossins,2012) 2. The human also have the responsibility to protect the wildlife and environment. Because wildlife is important in the long-term development of human society. Evidences: Wild animals also provide nutrition for