Ecology Assignment (Solution)
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Running head: ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENTECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF GEELONG BOTANICAL GARDENName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT1Table of ContentsIntroduction.........................................................................................................................2Method................................................................................................................................2Result...................................................................................................................................3Analysis................................................................................................................................7Conclusion..........................................................................................................................10References.........................................................................................................................11
ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT2IntroductionAn ecosystem is defined as the complex of living and non-living things and theirinterrelation within a unit of space. This interrelation of abiotic constituents such as soil, water,sunlight, minerals and the biotic constituents helps to manage two very important features ofecosystem, energy flow through the system and cycling of nutrients within the ecosystem(Aronson and Alexander 2013). There are several boundaries present within the ecosystem butdue to higher amount of diversity, these boundaries are not visible always. However, the threemain components of ecosystem autotrophs, heterotrophs and non-living matter aredistinguishable in every ecosystem (Mace, Norris and Fitter 2012). In this assignment, the Geelong botanical garden has been chosen for the ecologicalstudy. Within this, the comparison between two ecosystems will be discussed with the detailsof the area, its habitats and methodology to collect the data. The result will be presented withthe help of tables and graphs and further discussion of the result will be done to increase theunderstanding of the components within ecosystems and the way they interact.Method The primary step for conducting the ecological comparison was selecting an ecosystemthat has higher mount of diversity for the benefit of data collection and access. Further thelocation should be more than 200 meter square, and the chosen locations for ecosystemcomparison should have 100 meter distance within them. Therefore, the Geelong botanicalgarden was chosen for the ecological assessment. This garden is located in the city of Geelong,Victoria, Australia and is spread in 17 acres.
ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT3Figure 1: Detailed map of Geelong Botanic Gardens, Victoria (Geelong Botanic Gardens 2018)The garden was first set aside in the year 1850; however, the first curator startedpreserving the garden and its habitats in 1859, when greenhouse and water ecosystem wascreated. I went to the Geelong botanical garden with one of my friend on 12 December 11:30a.m. The day was sunny and I brought a long scale, pen, and pencils to make pegs whilemeasuring quadrants, mobile phone to click photos of the ecosystem and measuring tape tocalculate one square meter area. The Geelong botanical garden has a large area of 7 hectaresand has thousands of trees from around the world. Hence, I had the freedom to choose areasaccording to my convenience for a better comparison. The first location I chose was the Bunyalawn located in the south section of the garden (Area 1) and the second location was theforgotten garden having shrubs and medium trees (Area 2) (highlighted section in the figure 1).My friend helped me to calculate one meter square using the measuring tape and we pinnedthe corners to make a quadrant. ResultAll the data from both of the selected regions of the Geelong botanical garden werecollected and all the information and statistical analysis were collected in graphs and tables.
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