Option 1: Ecosystem Components Paper ( SCI 256 Option 1: Ecosystem Components Paper ) ( SCI256 Option 1 Ecosystem Components Paper )

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Option 1: Ecosystem Components Paper

SCI 256 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change

Resource: University  Material:Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change

For this assignment, you will choose from the following options:

·         Option 1: Ecosystem Components Paper

·         Option 2: Ecosystem Components Video and Summary

Read the instructions in the University Material: Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change located on the student website and select one option to complete the assignment.

  Option 1: Ecosystem Components Paper 

Select a representative natural ecosystem in your area or one that you are interested in—such as a lake, preserve, or park—that is managed for native species.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the following:

o          The major structural and functional dynamics (processes) of that ecosystem including change over time

o          How humans may have affected biogeochemical cycles in that ecosystem, including impacts to the nitrogen, phosphorus, or carbon cycle

o          How knowledge about that ecosystem’s structure and function can help or has helped to develop plans for its management and restoration

o          The implication of species interactions in ecosystem management and restoration

SCI 256 Option 1: Ecosystem Components Paper

SCI/256 Option 1 Ecosystem Components Paper

SCI256 Option 1 Ecosystem Components Paper

SCI256 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change

SCI/256 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change

SCI 256 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change 

SCI 256 Week 2 Ecosystem Structure, Function, and Change