Biology 20C - Fall 1998

ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Slides - Dispersion, Density, Scales and Methods

 

A. DISPERSION, DENSITY and SCALES

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Cartoon

Distribution, density and dispersion

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Table

Densities of various species; units

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Baja California

Mangroves - sparse, clumped

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Baja California

Oysters on mangroves - dense, uniform

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CA: Joshua Tree Nat. Mon.

Joshua trees - sparse, random

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Antarctica

Weddell seals - sparse, random

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Antarctica

Crabeater seal - sparse, random, dead

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CA:

Mistletoe - random in trees; clumps among trees

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CA: Death Valley

Arrowweed - sparse, uniform

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CA: Joshua Tree Nat. Mon

Jumping cholla - sparse, uniform

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Australia, Great Barrier Reef

Giant clam - sparse, random

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Australia, Great Barrier Reef

Fish school - dense, uniform

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Guatamala

Floating vegetation - dense, uniform

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CA: Natural Bridges

Monarch butterfly - overwintering cluster

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Australia

Aphids - dense, uniform

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CA:

Limpets on algal stipe - uniform

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CA:

Starfish Pateria feeding clump, temporary

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CA:

Parasitic worms on Pateria

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Antarctica

Emperor penguins - dense, uniform in clump

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Antarctica

Adelie penguin - sparse, uniform in clump

 

B. METHODS

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CA: Refugio

Stream transect

Relative N

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Australia, Great Barrier Reef

Quadrat and corals

Absolute N

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Australia

Eucalyptus leaves 1 m2 quadrat

Absolute N

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Guatamala

Peterson grab sampling sediments

Absolute N

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Diagram

Peterson grab - functioning

Absolute N

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Guatamala

Nansen bottle for plankton

Absolute N

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CA: Yosemite

Deer ears (hard to sample)

Relative N

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Alaska

Ptarmigan in snow (hard to sample)

Relative N

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Guatamala

Stream sampling

Relative N

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CA: Refugio

Aquatic insects in tray

Relative N

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CA: Pt. Mugu

Seine netting

Relative N

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Guatamala

Blacklighting for insects

Relative N

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Australia

Clumped snails, eaten by rat

Relative N

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Australia

Legs with allergic rash

Relative N

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Australia

Spider egg cases

Relative N

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Guatamala

Canoe and cichlids

Relative N

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Guatamala

Phytoplankton chlorophyll conc.

Relative N

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CA: salt marsh

Crab burrows

Relative N

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CA: UCSC

Oak moth pupae on parking sign

Relative N