Assessing and Analyzing Man's Impact on the Small Coralline Cay-Lime Cay
Experiment Number: 5
Date: December 8,2011.
Aim: To assess and analyze man’s impact on the small coralline cay- Lime cay.
Apparatus: boat
Introduction:
Lime cay is a small coralline cay that is mostly used by humans for their personal entertainment. By visiting this cay, man has had detrimental effects on the environment. In the earlier times, man’s impact was not so prevalent, however, overtime it has increased as agricultural practices and technology has been introduced. The effects can rise from pollution to global deforestation, which results in the death of many organisms. This can lead to species and genetic diversity being lost and also gives rise to extinction of some species. The adverse effects will be discussed later in details.
Procedure:
A small boat was used to travel to lime cay where the students walked around the small coralline cay and recorded all observations, which indicated man’s impact on this environment.
Observation:
Pictures showing the small coraline cay-Lime cay and evidence of the presence of man’s pollution.
Picture showing an example of an organism that lives on the cay that is affected by man’s presence (sea urchin).
Table showing the organisms present on the cay and their preys Organisms Being Fed On | Organisms Feeding | Flowers | Snails and Bees | Snails and Fish | Turtle | Leaf litter | Earthworm | Phytoplankton | Zooplankton | Algae | Sea Urchin and Fish | Fungi | Crab and Sand Fly | Wood | Wood Boring Beetle | Tree Bark | Termite | Woodlouse and Bees | Spider | Bird | Pelican | Bees and Earthworm | Bird |
Discussion Questions: (a) Create a food web of all the organisms present on the cay.
Pelican Stingray Shark Lizard Bird Turtle Spider Fish Wood boring
Earthworm Sea urchin
Date: December 8,2011.
Aim: To assess and analyze man’s impact on the small coralline cay- Lime cay.
Apparatus: boat
Introduction:
Lime cay is a small coralline cay that is mostly used by humans for their personal entertainment. By visiting this cay, man has had detrimental effects on the environment. In the earlier times, man’s impact was not so prevalent, however, overtime it has increased as agricultural practices and technology has been introduced. The effects can rise from pollution to global deforestation, which results in the death of many organisms. This can lead to species and genetic diversity being lost and also gives rise to extinction of some species. The adverse effects will be discussed later in details.
Procedure:
A small boat was used to travel to lime cay where the students walked around the small coralline cay and recorded all observations, which indicated man’s impact on this environment.
Observation:
Pictures showing the small coraline cay-Lime cay and evidence of the presence of man’s pollution.
Picture showing an example of an organism that lives on the cay that is affected by man’s presence (sea urchin).
Table showing the organisms present on the cay and their preys Organisms Being Fed On | Organisms Feeding | Flowers | Snails and Bees | Snails and Fish | Turtle | Leaf litter | Earthworm | Phytoplankton | Zooplankton | Algae | Sea Urchin and Fish | Fungi | Crab and Sand Fly | Wood | Wood Boring Beetle | Tree Bark | Termite | Woodlouse and Bees | Spider | Bird | Pelican | Bees and Earthworm | Bird |
Discussion Questions: (a) Create a food web of all the organisms present on the cay.
Pelican Stingray Shark Lizard Bird Turtle Spider Fish Wood boring
Earthworm Sea urchin