User:Alison D. Bunnen/Notebook/Biology 210 at AU

1/21/15 Lab 2: Identifying Algae and Protists

I. Purpose:

II. Materials and Methods

III. Data and Observations

IV. Conclusions

--Alison D. Bunnen 18:33, 29 January 2015 (EST)

1/14/15 Lab 1: Biological Life at AU

I. Purpose: The purpose of today's lab was to observe and record characteristics of an assigned transect. My assigned transect was group 3: Tall Bushes. I recorded macroscopic observations of abiotic and biotic components in my transect. Then my group made a Hay Infusion Culture from materials gathered from our niche. I hypothesize the transects have copious amounts of bacteria living in the niche. If there water is added to the gathered materials and allowed to incubate, then the bacteria in the niche will grow in the new ecosystem created.

II. Materials and Methods:

· 20 x 20 meter transect to study

· Use a sterile 50 mL conical tube to gather materials such as soil and vegetation from transect

· Place 10-12 grams of gathered materials into a large jar

· Add 500 mLs of deerpark water to the jar

· Add 0.1 gm of dried milk into the jar and screw on lid

· Mix contents gently for 10 seconds

· Place the jar in designated lab section area with the jar labeled and lid off

III. Data and Observations:

The abiotic components inside the transect included:

· Light

· Water/snow

· Concrete

· A metal lamp post

· Dirt

· Rocks

The biotic components inside the transect included:

· Grass

· Shrub

· Bushes

Figure 1.

Figure 2.

Figure 3.

Figure 1. is an aerial-view diagram of my transect labeled with it's abiotic and biotic components.

Figure 2. is a satellite view of Group 3's transect.

Figure 3. is a map view of Group 3's transect.

IV. Conclusions: There are abiotic and biotic components in Group 3's transect.

--Alison D. Bunnen 22:24, 26 January 2015 (EST)