BIO 212 AU Mission Trails Regional Park Research Paper

Different plants and 5 Different animalsThe assignment requires you to go to a local open space area to make observations about the ecosystem andthe organisms that live there. You will use those observations to identify the organisms found inthe community, make a food web, and consider how changes to the climate could alter thecommunity of organisms that live there. To assess the work you have done, you will need towrite up a report and include all of the information you have gathered (including photos of theidentified organisms). The report must also include all answers for all of the assignmentquestions.All steps detailed below must completed to receive full credit. If you skip any steps you will onlyreceive credit for the work you have completed.1) Pick a local open space preserve or county/state park. It needs to be a park that has wildareas with native plants and animals around. Developed community parks with mowed lawnsand cultivated trees won’t work for this assignment. Identify the kind of ecosystem you arevisiting: Desert, chaparral, mountain forest, riparian….etcSome options are:Mission Trails Regional ParkRose Canyon Open Space ParkOtay Open Space PreserveSan Diego Bay National Wildlife Refuge (semi-aquatic/coastal ecosystem)Torrey Pines State Reserve / La Jolla Shores (if you want to do an aquatic ecosystem!)Point Loma/Cabrillo National MonumentBlack Mountain Open Space ParkAnza Borrego State ParkCuyamaca Rancho State Park