Aquatic Ecology

Plants are the most important part of our ecology, both in water and land. Therefore, for our experimental variable, we chose to increase the amount of plant life in an aquztic environment. Plant life is really important in natural world mainly because it is a provider of oxygen for other organisms. So, by increasing the number of plants, we planned to observe the effect it had on the other organisms. Our hypothesis states: the more …

…grow more in the control tank, it did. Unlike what we had predicted, the water clarity of our experiment actually increased, and other organisms, namely protist surprisingly survived better than those in the control. The clam that was put in the control tank died, unlike the one in the experiment, which together with the number of protists gives us an idea that more plants actually creates a better environment for other organisms, and supports bio-diversity.