Ecosystem PROJECT

The River ecosystem will be study by a field diary.

Every day you must take notes. One new page per day, including DATE, PLACE and then the notes and drawings of that day explanation.

Take with you every day the trees and birds list. Tick the ones seen and fill the table at home. You must include extra pages with the drawings.

This field notebook will be useful as an assessment tool.

RIVER ECOSYSTEM

In an A4 paper prepare in groups 6 cards with this items of inofrmation

  • NAME (english, Spanish and scientific name)-

  • DRAWING -

  • IMPORTANCE in the Ecosystem

Every group should prepare 6 posters like this: 2 plants 2 inveretbrates and 2 abiotics factors.

ABIOTIC FACTORS to be included:

  1. Water

  2. temperature

  3. light

  4. Atmosphere

  5. Soil

PLANTS to be included:

  1. Populus alba

  2. Tamarix gallica

  3. Ulmus minor

  4. Taraxacum officinale

  5. Ceratophyllum demersum

Inveretbrates to be included:

  1. Coccinella septempunctata

  2. Aphis nerii

  3. Helix aspersa

  4. Lumbricus terrestris

  5. Anodonta anatina

River EBRO Facts:

Abiotic factors

Aquatic plants:

Riverside plants:

Riverside forest:

River Trophic chain

River ecologycal pyramid

Floods

River ecosystem threats:

eutrophication.

soil erosion.

Water properties.

River Ebro and city Water management

Autoctone species.

Margaritifera (Margaritifera margaritifera)

Local turtles (Mauremys leprosa) and (Emys orbicularis)

Aloctone species.

Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

American red crab (Procambarus clarkii)

Florida turtle (Trachemys scripta)

http://www.aragon.es/estaticos/GobiernoAragon/Departamentos/AgriculturaGanaderiaMedioAmbiente/MedioAmbiente/Areas/02_Biodiversidad/01_Especies_Exoticas_Invasoras/ESPECIES_INVASORAS_PUBLICACION.pdf