LA River Biodiversity Assignment Help
Overview & Background
For this assignment, we will be focusing on one of the goals of the Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan: to revitalize the river by improving water quality and restoring a functional ecosystem.
For this assignment, you will again focus on the animal species you selected for LA River Species Selection discussion. Some of you have been researching a native species that is found along the Los Angeles River, while others have been researching a Introduced species. As such, you are going to approaching revitalization of the river from different perspectives. LA River Biodiversity Assignment Help
There are two parts to this assignment. First, to better understand the ecological impacts of the concrete channelization of the river, you will explore iNaturalist and look at the distribution of your species in channelized areas. Second, you will provide an analysis of the revitalization. The instructions below will walk you through each part.
Links to iNaturalist places for the two channelized stretches of the Los Angeles River that we will focus on:
Links to iNaturalist places for soft-bottom stretches of the Los Angeles River: LA River Biodiversity Assignment Help
Assignment Requirements
Part 1: Exploring the your species distribution using iNaturalist and graphing
- Use the links for the channelized locations in the LA River Los Angeles River – Universal City and Los Angeles River – Downtown. Type the name of your species into the species box to see the number of observations of your species found in these two locations. Record the following information for EACH location:
- How many observations are there of your species in the channelized sections of the river?
- Save a picture or screenshot of a map of iNaturalist observations in the two channelized stretches of the Los Angeles river.
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