Ecology Answers

Does phagotrophy ever occur in Diatoms? More specifically: I want to know if there are mixotrophic diatoms

Can Mendelian Genetics be applied to explain all the inheritance of genetic disease reported in humans? Any exceptions.

Give three environmental factors that might affect the distribution of the green alga on the tree.

What is ecosystem

Can anyone give me ideas on any ecological projects that I can do as an undergrad? I have to come up with a question and a hypothesis. It can't be done on anything that has a spine. I had came up with a few proposals but they were shot down. I just have to capture some data but coming up with a proposal is super hard.

This was my initial proposal but it was shot down:

 Question: Do plant species Asclepias curassavica (common name tropical milkweed) have shade tolerance? What is its effect on this species' vigor and overall plant height?

Hypothesis: Plant species Asclepias curassavica (common name tropical milkweed) will have greater vigor and plant height when exposed to more sunlight as opposed to those in shaded areas.

MY PROF HAS REPLIED TO ME WITH THIS FEEDBACK:

I think you cannot dismiss the other factors and have a valid study. Try to develop something that is not subjective (the vigor scale you propose) or multivariant (age of plant, soil differences, watering differences, etc).

Go into the world and collect data rather than setting up a project and seeing what happens. What do I mean by this? Comparing the abundance of a particular species in a nature preserve vs in a city park. You go out and collect the data about that species, but you didn’t do anything to it. You took measurements and made observations. 

Why are decomposers important to the recycling of matter in an ecosystem?

Without pheromones,Arthropods would not be able to do

How do producers get energy from the sunlight

What is biotic interaction among plants?

What is Biotic interaction among plant?