Research Techniques in Environmental Science

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Research Techniques in Environmental Science

• Integrating Techniques to Solve Environmental
  Problems
• Robert Bailey
• 30 March / 6 April 2006
• instruct.uwo.ca/envir-sc/350g/

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Why do we care?

• ???

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Variation in Distribution and Abundance of
Aquatic Organisms

• ???

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Factors controlling the distribution and
abundance of organisms

• ???

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Why are some species rare?

• ???

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Species at Risk

• Learn about Canadas Species at Risk Act
• Schedule 1 vs Schedule 2, 3
• Habitat Stewardship Program
• GOTO Website

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Ecological Idol

• divide tables in class into
• mammals
• birds
• reptiles
• amphibians
• fishes
• arthropods
• molluscs
• plant/moss/lichen groups
• groups get 45m to find a species at risk in
  southwestern Ontario and develop a 5m
  presentation about it
• Bob Simon Bailey will judge whether or not you
  have made a good case for your species

t345pm presentations and judging until 445pm
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Linking environment and species

• Direct linkages
• ???
• Indirect linkages
• ???

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Environmental Attributes of a Basin(Aquatic
Realm)

• Stream network
• ???
• Water
• ???
• In stream habitat
• ???
• Land cover
• ???

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