INTRODUCTION Biodiversity presents occurrence of variety of species and their natural community in which they live. By the definition it is “The degree of variation of life forms within a given species‚ ecosystem‚ biome‚ or an entire planet. It is a measure of the health of ecosystems and is in part a function of climate.” (Rutherford) Ecosystem is on the other hand‚ “ community and its abiotic environment”( Rutherford). Biodiversity exists in every ecosystem‚ weather it is big one‚ or just ecosystem
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H A R V A R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L BRIEF CASES 4426 A f ’ K I L 19. 2013 lUCHAJllJ I) HrtML-RMF.SH iiLiNRU YONG Meli Marine It was past midnight‚ but David Tian‚ CEO of Singapore-based Meli Marine‚ could not sleep. The next board meeting was just two weeks away in early February 2008. Edwin Chang‚ the founder of the company and chairman of the board‚ had called earlier to hear Tian’s assessment of a potential acquisition. "This could be.1 the biggest turning point
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Yellowtail Marine Coming in as a new manager‚ Gilcrist has a large degree of responsibility taking care of the needs of Yellowtail Marine‚ Inc. Gilcrist must figure out how the best way to utilize her staff to get things done efficiently as she has a full plate at this pressing time. She must make the best possible decisions to enhance the overall success of the company. And in regards to Boswell‚ Gilcrist has the responsibility of carrying out his tasks to the best of her ability if within reason
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“Water of life”. This is a famous Christianity word that reflects how important water is to our life. As we know‚ most drinkable water comes from the river‚ thus making river the main sources of potable water. However global warming is getting more and more serious nowadays causing a global rise in temperature and melt the ices at mountain’s peak. In the book ‘Pillar of Sand’ by Sandra Postel‚ Postel says that major Asia’s rivers like Ganges‚ Indus and Yellow river depends on the snowpack mountains
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a flat platform of rock pockmarked with numerous rock pools; indents in the rocks which are filled with water and contain numerous forms of marine life. These pools can vary in size‚ from small cracks in the rock which have a changing water level or huge crevices which almost always have a level of water in them. Each rock pool has different species of marine life‚ in varying numbers. The platform lies at the base of a cliff‚ and is usually sheltered from the constant barrage of waves‚ except occasionally
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Ecosystem is a system formed by the interaction of all living organisms with each other and with the physical elements of the environment. The vulnerability of an ecosystem can be determined through the examination of its location‚ biodiversity‚ extent and linkages. The vulnerability of the ecosystem is closely linked with the effectiveness of the functioning and the diversity of the ecosystem. The resilience of an ecosystem is also important when looking at the survival of ecosystems. Resilience
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Marine Biome (salt water) Did you know that the ocean is the largest biome in the world? In this paper I will tell you all about the Marine Biome‚ I will tell you about the weather‚ major landforms‚ sea creatures and more. This biome is all connected. The ocean is surrounding all of your coastal states in your country. I selected this biome because I enjoy all of the coral reefs and the creatures that make it their home. In the next paragraph I will tell you about the weather of this biome
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MARINE POLLUTION Between 1976 and 1996 a total of 4647 incidents resulted in the spill of approximately 2‚369‚470 barrels of oil into the environment. In addition‚ between 1997 and 2001‚ Nigeria also recorded a total number of 2‚097 oil spill incidents. Nigeria’s largest spill was an offshore well-blow out in January 1980 when an estimated 200‚000 barrels of oil (8.4million US gallons) spilled into the Atlantic Ocean from an oil industry facility and that damaged 340 hectares of mangrove (Nwilo
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Grace Hennessy Science 1 Biodiversity Project The values that biodiversity offer are more kinds and types of food for us and animals‚ sufficient amounts of it‚ more jobs depending on the surroundings‚ enables more research(which can cause health benefits)‚ inspiration for art and music‚ and so much more. Some factors that affect biodiversity of species are what are around the biomes‚ the unnatural species living there‚ extreme climate changes (in general)‚ pollution‚ unusual weather changes(drought
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Terrestrial Biodiversity of Mauritius 2.1 Overview of Biodiversity Mauritius has an area of 1‚865 km2‚ of which 30% is considered forested. The area of good quality native forest‚ (i.e. that with more than 50% native plant cover‚ Page & d’Argent 1997)‚ is estimated to cover less than 2% of the island (NEAP 1999‚ MWF unpublished‚ Fig.2.1). The rest consists of plantation forestry‚ deer-ranches or highly degraded vegetation invaded by alien plant and animal species. As a result Mauritian biodiversity is amongst
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