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Today’s Agenda

• Complete statistics on Daphnia Survivorship lab


data
• Intro to Biodiversity
• Intro to Discovering and Cataloging Biodiversity
with the Penn State BioBlitz
Biodiversity
and the PSU
BioBlitz

Sneezy the Squirrel


What is Biodiversity?
Discovering Biodiversity
Biodiversity is important to our everyday lives
from ecosystem functioning to cultural,
recreational, and aesthetic value.

Biodiversity can vary from place to place and


overtime.

Biodiversity can be considered from various


points of view
• Genetic (within species or among species)
• Populations
• Ecosystems
• Biomes
Cataloging Biodiversity

Sometimes scientists use quadrats. Sometimes scientists use transects.

(Rogers, et al., 1994)


Cataloging Biodiversity
Other times scientists use other methods such as microbiology methods (such as
metagenomics), environmental DNA (eDNA), or observation.

Photo credit: ThisisEngineering RAEng

IMAGE COURTESY OF FISHBIO


Apps that can help with
identification
• Find Seek app on
AppStore or Google
Playstore
• Other apps:
Pl@ntNet, PictureThis
• You can use these
apps to help identify
the organism you
observed and
photographed
We will do our own
biodiversity assessment through a PSU
BioBlitz

First, what is a BioBlitz?


BioBlitz initiatives are very
common!
Various state parks and other locations run BioBlitz events – consider
volunteering!
PSU BioBlitz
• Find, photograph, and identify 9-10 different
native organisms
• Be patient and observant. Pay attention to detail,
an organism might be small or easy to overlook.

• 2 vertebrate animals (no humans, no domesticated


pets, no farm animals etc)
• 2 invertebrate animals
• 2 flowering plants (no potted plants)

iphone pic of Fluted Bird’s Nest Fungus


• 2 non-flowering plants
Cyathus striatus
• 1-2 fungi
(small 5-12 mm)
Mulch bed by N. Frear (© Dr. M)
PSU BioBlitz
In addition to taking photographs, you will document in your field notes the following
information for each organism:
• the location at which it was found
• the time it was photographed
• the conditions (for example, sunny or cloudy, wet or dry) and the temperature (for
smartphones there are free weather apps, or you can use www.weather.com or
www.accuweather.com)
• any other organisms interacting directly with the organism (for example, a caterpillar feeding
on the leaf of a tree)
• what the organism was doing when observed, if applicable
• preliminary questions about the organism that are the basis for a hypothesis
• any other information that you think is important to record
BioBlitz Common Errors
• Grass
• Moss
• Maple and Elm Trees

Grass is an angiosperm
Moss is a non-vascular, non-flowering
(flowering plant)!
plant – not fungi!

Maple Tree – Elm Tree – What are examples of


Angiosperm Angiosperm
flowering and non-
flowering trees?

Where can you find


fungi this time of
Maple Tree – year?
Daffodil – while beautiful –
Angiosperm
not native to US!
In Lab #12 assignment: Part II - Observing the
Diversity of Life
• Work individually

• Practice using the seek app now for fungi, plants,


and animals, since you will be using later for the
BioBlitz Field Notes

• Have fun exploring and discovering information


about the various organisms

• Be careful but you may pick up / hold certain


organisms – ask your TA if not sure

• Upload In-lab #12 assignment before leaving


Daphnia survivorship statistics
• Download and work individually on in-lab #12 Part I
• Let me know if you need help
Upcoming Assignments
due Before Next Lab - wk of Apr
15th
• Perform your BioBlitz and collect findings in your BioBlitz
Field Notes: 10 pts
• Pre-lab #13 assignment: 5 pts
All organisms need a source of carbon as well as a source of energy. Carbon can come from either CO 2 or organic
molecules, and energy can come from either sunlight or energy-rich chemical compounds. Using this
information, fill in the table below by naming the four different modes of metabolism.

Chemoheterotrophs
Chemoautotrophs
Prokaryotes
Prokaryotes
Eukaryotes:
Protists, Fungi,
Parasitic plants, Animals

Photoautotrophs
Prokaryotes:
(cyanobacteria) Photoheterotrophs

Eukaryotes: Prokaryotes
Protists (algae)
Plants

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