PPT-Study of Ants in Lake ecosystem

Invasive vs Local By Arjun R Prarthita Dashsharma Grade 11 Presidency school bangalore south INTRODUCTION Ants might look like they dont do much contribute in our surroundings but these facts might surprise everyone. Indoors however ants are no picnic They can become a serious nuisance and may cause sanitation problems They may bite or sting and have a nasty habit of walking all over your food without wiping their feet In the Paci64257c Northwest the most common Acacia erioloba. in Namibian savanna. Heather Campbell, Mark Fellowes & James Cook. School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6AS. Ants and . Acacias. Ant–plant associations are widespread (in over 100 genera of tropical angiosperms and at least 20 plant families and in five of 12 ant subfamilies. By Cody. Brownbill . At first you might think that they are small and not important, but when you start to look at what they do there is so much you can learn from them.. A wise king who lived 3000 years ago said “Look at the ant, watch his ways and be wise”.. Principles of Ecology. Objectives . Summarize the levels of organization that ecologists study.. Describe research methods ecologists use to study the environment. Section 13.1 Ecologists study relationships. Salmon . in the Classroom . Workshop: . Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery . November 8th. , . 2011. Kevin . Frailey. , DNR Education Services Manager. Our Salmon . . . . A timeline. The . Atlantic . Connection. ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT DURING PROJECT. Primarily. , . with. . the. . help. of . our. . experiment. ,. we. . observed. . that. . against. . which. . plants. . are. . the. . ants. . have. a . LAKE BOLSENA. A CLIL project by class 4. th. A - Primary School “O. . Golfarelli. ” in . Montefiascone. (VT. ). S. . Y. 2015/2016. THE ECOSYSTEM. LAKE BOLSENA. A CLIL project by class 4. th. Craig Stow. Integrated Physical & Ecological Modeling & Forecasting. Image from. 8-23-15. ^. Phosphorus. 1978 GLWQA. . Hear ye! Hear ye!. By Joint Proclamation. Henceforth and forever after. Phylum:Arthropoda. Class: Insecta. Order Hymenoptera. Family:Formicidae. “Bugs aren’t going to inherit the earth, they own it.” Thomas Edison. Ants are . Arthropods of the order Hymenoptera which includes sawflies, bees, and wasps. They . Requirement 1. (. a) Explain to your counselor the most likely hazards associated with exposure to ants and bees and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards. . Fire ant colonies contain the queen(s), winged males and females, workers (wingless, sterile females) and brood (eggs, larvae and pupae).Fire ants create mounds up to 18" tall. They prefer open sunn http://www.biohabitats.com/ndg_newsite/newsletter/images/2008winter/Odum.jpg. http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/103320000/103321579.jpg. “. Whenever my family visited anybody I’d disappear under the house to study their plumbing.”. IN THE PACIFIC. What are we going to learn today?. What are the top . five invasive ant pests, the problems they cause people, agriculture and the natural . environment.. Learn about the life cycle and structure of their colony.. Authors: Julia . Galante. and  . Onike. . Pinnock. Mentors: Janine . Cupo. and Mary Simons. Seaford High School. Abstract. Ants are able to impact the environments negatively and positively.  Ants control other species that are threats to human health such as bed bugs. (6)  Ants also have the ability to contaminate food and crops. They are able to transmit diseases such as salmonella, staphylococcus, and streptococcus.(2) Our objective is to determine the number of different ant species living in three different regions of Seaford. Our research question was to what extent do the environments that ants are found affect biodiversity. We hypothesized that the area with the greatest access to water would have the greatest diversity of ant species. We collected the ants by disturbing ant hills at Cedar Creek Park and two Seaford neighborhood residences, one very close to the water and the other far from the water. We were able to collect the ants by disturbing their ant hills due to the ants territorial instincts. They come out of their disturbed mounds in order to protect it.(3) After we collected and documented our samples we extracted and isolated the DNA. We then amplified the the CO1 gene by PCR. Amplified DNA was then sequenced and species identified using the bioinformatics program BLAST. Although our sample size at the residences was low we identified three species of ants in Cedar Creek Park and only one at the residences. This does not support our initial hypothesis. .