Team members
Names / Roles:
- jerick
- izzat
- leon
- shi hao
Overview
1) In this section,write sentences to describe the Mangrove Swamps.
2) Use the infomation from the website and books you have read from.
3) You should include the following :
- Location of the ecosystem:
- Description of ecosystem: (what does this ecosystem look like, what animals and plants are found there, what kind of weather /climate)
- Biodiversity of ecosystem (richness of life/types of plants and animals in ecosystem - can use pictures): Location of the ecosystem:
Description of ecosystem:Mangrove swamps, to most people, look like muddy, swampy places filled with mosquitoes, snakes and spiders.
Mangroves act as a home for a diverse range of organisms.
These organisms include:
Mangrove swamps are rich habitats full of animals like the snowy egret, white ibis, brown pelican, frigatebirds, cormorants, mangrove cuckoos, herons, manatees, monkeys, turtles, lizards like anoles, red-tailed hawks, eagles, sea turtles, American alligators and crocodiles. The mangrove roots house smaller animals like the mangrove tree crab, spotted mangrove crab, snails, barnacles, oysters, mussels, anemones, and sponges.Many more lives in the mangrove
Biodiversity of ecosystem:
Physical Factors
Search the Internet for information on the following physical factors in the Mangrove Swamps ecosystem.
Classification of Living Organisms
Classify at least eightof the living organisms found in the Mangrove Swamps ecosystem into the categories below:
- Producers
- Primary Consumers
- Secondary Consumers
- Tertiary Consumers
- Decomposers
For each of the living organism, find a picture and write a short description on the organism.
Write down where the plant / animal can be found, what the animal feeds on and how it survives / escapes from being eaten or killed.
Producers are the mangrove
Primary Consumers are Crabs,plantain squirrel and many more. They are found on mudflats and on trees.
Secondary Consumers are Archer Fishes,Manatees and many more. They are found inside the water.
Tertiary Consumers are Water Monitor Lizards,Carnivorous Birds[that eat meat](king fishers etc.)
Decomposers are Fungi(Mushroom,etc.)
Food Web
Create a food web using at least eight of the living organisms listed above. You may wish to use Microsoft PowerPoint to create your food web. Save your food web as a picture. Finally copy and paste your picture in this section of your wiki.
Interrelationship in Ecosystem
Give at least one example for each of the following relationships in the ecosystem:
- Predator-prey relationship
- Parasitism
Useful Links
Plagiarism is a strongly discouraged.
Include the links of all websites you obtained information from to complete your ecology wiki.
For example:
Wild World @ nationalgeographic.com ( http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/terrestrial.html )
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=who%20many%20animals%20and%20plants%20live%20in%20the%20mangrove%20swamp&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exploringnature.org%2Fdb%2Fdetail.php%3FdbID%3D44%26detID%3D2854&ei=owJkT8LdMcaHrAei14m9Bw&usg=AFQjCNHGzG0f2idixy3KWOcb-TyC3Vkkow
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=who%20many%20animals%20and%20plants%20live%20in%20the%20mangrove%20swamp&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDUQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.globio.org%2Fglossopedia%2Farticle.aspx%3Fart_id%3D39&ei=owJkT8LdMcaHrAei14m9Bw&usg=AFQjCNHgnq_pIsllv08wL7qmmwo6NCqTmg
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=who%20many%20animals%20and%20plants%20live%20in%20the%20mangrove%20swamp&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CFMQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmarinelife.about.com%2Fod%2Fhabitatprofiles%2Fp%2Fmangroves.htm&ei=owJkT8LdMcaHrAei14m9Bw&usg=AFQjCNG10m2E9fy0YBadv5ShAec6DlTl-g
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=who%20many%20animals%20and%20plants%20live%20in%20the%20mangrove%20swamp&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Finchinapinch.com%2Fhab_pgs%2Fmarine%2Fmangrove%2Fmangrove.htm&ei=owJkT8LdMcaHrAei14m9Bw&usg=AFQjCNG6NumBh02dZa88m1ECyZ8_4dUfKA
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=what%20is%20the%20temperature%20in%20the%20mangrove&source=web&cd=4&ved=0CDoQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmangrove.nus.edu.sg%2Fguidebooks%2Ftext%2F1011a.htm&ei=TAdkT6iaIY7trQf2xMG8Bw&usg=AFQjCNEade6WN83Bpwd3xg8CGDnIz4aq8Q
Comments (3)
1T1_2012 Group 5 said
at 9:24 pm on Mar 16, 2012
izzant tommorrow i do some more need to sleep
Mrs Judy Ling said
at 8:55 pm on Mar 17, 2012
Hi group 5... nice photos and interesting videos... gd job on that. However, the last section on interrelationship is till blank. Group leader is Jerrick, right ? Who is incharge of that section ? You have one more day people .. cheerios, Mrs Ling
1T1_2012 Group 5 said
at 9:54 am on Mar 18, 2012
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