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The document investigates the effects of various environmental factors on organisms. It examines how temperature, pH, and salinity influence the metabolism, growth, and survival of fish, plants, and snails. Tests were conducted on catfish, guppies, freshwater snails, and corn seeds to determine their tolerance ranges for these limiting factors. The results showed that factors like temperature and pH affected the respiration and behavior of fish, while salinity influenced the germination of seeds and mortality of snails. Overall, the study demonstrates how small changes in environmental conditions can significantly restrict organisms and impact ecosystems.
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Temperature, pH, and Salinity as Limiting Factors Affecting Range of Tolerance
The document investigates the effects of various environmental factors on organisms. It examines how temperature, pH, and salinity influence the metabolism, growth, and survival of fish, plants, and snails. Tests were conducted on catfish, guppies, freshwater snails, and corn seeds to determine their tolerance ranges for these limiting factors. The results showed that factors like temperature and pH affected the respiration and behavior of fish, while salinity influenced the germination of seeds and mortality of snails. Overall, the study demonstrates how small changes in environmental conditions can significantly restrict organisms and impact ecosystems.
The document investigates the effects of various environmental factors on organisms. It examines how temperature, pH, and salinity influence the metabolism, growth, and survival of fish, plants, and snails. Tests were conducted on catfish, guppies, freshwater snails, and corn seeds to determine their tolerance ranges for these limiting factors. The results showed that factors like temperature and pH affected the respiration and behavior of fish, while salinity influenced the germination of seeds and mortality of snails. Overall, the study demonstrates how small changes in environmental conditions can significantly restrict organisms and impact ecosystems.
Temperature, pH, and Salinity as Limiting Factors Affecting Range of Tolerance
I. Objectives
To investigate the effects of temperature ranges on the metabolism or respiratory rates of fish as well as the effects of ranging pH and salinity levels on the growth, development and survival of selected plants and animals.
II. Data, Analysis and Discussion
A. The observed effects of temperature on opercular movement. TEMPERATURE Rate of opercular movement per 3 minutes 10-15C 43 Normal/Control 139 35-40C 161
B. The observed effects of pH changes on the morphology and behavioral responses in guppies. Responses pH levels 2.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 10.0 Breathing Responses Slow Fast Normal Fast Slow Swimming Movements Fast Fast (swimming around) Normal Fast (swimming around) Fast Body Color discoloration slight discoloration Normal slight discoloration slight discoloration Size Changes bloated semi- bloated Normal semi- bloated semi- bloated
C. Effects of pH changes on the mortality rate of guppies after 3 minute exposure to various pH levels pH Levels Number or dead guppies % Mortality 2.0 4 100% 6.0 2 50% 7.0 0 0% 8.0 2 50% 10.0 3 75% D. Effects of salt stress on freshwater snails after 3-4days exposure Salt Solutions No. of dead guppies 0.0 0 (4 days) 2.5 1(3 days) 5.0 2(3 days) 10.0 3(2 days) 20.0 3(2 days)
E. Effects of Salinity on the percentage germination of corn seeds Salt Solutions No. of Seeds Germinated % Germination 0.0 10 100% 2.5 4 40% 5.0 1 10% 10.0 0 0% 20.0 0 0%
F. Effects of salinity R/S ration in corn seeds Salt Solutions Average Shoot Length Average Root Length R/S Ratio 0.0 4.27 cm 7.51 cm 1.75 2.5 2.75 c 6.275 2.28 5.0 1.21 cm 0.5 cm 0.41 10.0 0 0 - 20.0 0 0 -
Description of Materials and Specimen Catfishes (Clarias batrachus) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish, named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers. The catfishes were brought alive, slimy and active. The guppies (Poecilia reticulata), also known as million fish and rainbow fish are both from a street pet vendor. Guppies are used as a model organism in the field of ecology, evolution, and behavioral studies. Freshwater snails (Pomacea canaliculata) is one kind of freshwater mollusc. They were gathered from rice fields. Corn seeds (Zea maize) are prepared by soaking overnight.
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Salt Solutions Effects of Salinity Changes in Corn III. Conclusion A limiting factor is any environmental factor that restricts the ecological niche of an organism. pH, salinity and temperature as factors can greatly affect the range of tolerance of organisms. It may hinder the organisms growth, cause physical and metabolic changes or worst, cause death. In this experiment, we realized the importance and great effect of limiting factors to our environment and how this simple unnoticed factors cause big efffect in nature. IV. Answers to Guide Questions 1. Temperature has long been recognized as an important environmental factor in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in observed to its key role over biological activity such as development, growth and reproduction of organisms. Mainly temperature influences enzymatic reactions through hormonal and nervous control to digestion, from respiration and osmoregulation to all aspects of an organisms performance and behavior. If temperature to high, the binding cites of protiens are, in effect, too wide open and enzyme function is inefficient. Generally high temperature shock causes dysfunctional increases in binding sites it can causes total unfolding of the protein, producing irreversible damage. Some studies showed that the disruption of physiological integration can sometimes be observed at the cellular level by ciliary activity of epithelial cells that can be examined over a range of temperatures.
2. Vant Hoff, a Nobel Laureate in thermo chemistry proposes that with the increase of every10 C , the rate of metabolic activities doubles. This rule is termed to as the Vant HoffRule. Vant Hoffs rule can also be stated in reverse saying that the reaction rate is halved with the decrease of every10 C . The effect of temperature on the rate of a reaction is expressed in terms of temperature coefficient of Q10 value. Q10 values are estimated taking the ratio between the rate of a reaction at XC and rate of reaction at (X 10 C ). In the living systems the Q10 value is about 2.0. If the Q10 value is 2.0, it means, for every 10 C increase, the rate of metabolism doubles. This relationship holds only over the temperature range of normal activity, which for most organisms lies between 0and 40C (Thompson 1942, Schmidt-Nielsen 1997). Normal operating temperature varies among species and taxonomic or functional groups. Any given species usually operates over some subset of this temperature range, although there are exceptions. For example, most aquatic organisms do not experience temperatures above 2530C, endothermic birds and mammals maintain relatively high and constant temperatures (3640C), some ectotherms can tolerate only a very narrow range of temperatures, and some microbes from extreme environments such as hotsprings and hydrothermal vents can live at temperatures that approach or exceed 100C. 3. Endotherms are animals that primarily produces its own heat. Ectotherms are animals that primarily gains heat through the environment. Homeotherms are animals that have a constant body temperature. Poikilotherms are animals whose body temperature adjusts depending on the environment. Osmoconformer adjusts to the osmotic concentration of its surrounding so that the osmoregularity is the same at the medium. Osmoconformer maintain its own osmotic concentration regarldess of the surrounding medium. Eurytopic Organism is a plant or animal capable of living in extremely varied habitats. Stenotopic Organism is an animal or plant confined to relatively few habitats.
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6. Water weight decreased in plants that received higher concentrations of NaCl, which shows that higher concentrations of NaCl in a plants environment make it more difficult for the plant to take in water causing some of the seeds to not germinate. Solutes like NaCl decrease the water potential of the water surrounding a plant, making water uptake by the plants cells more difficult (Parida and Das, 2005). This indicates that corn plants experiencing NaCl stress have a decrease in net photosynthesis. A corn plant under NaCl stress should create extra roots to take in the maximum amount of water possible.
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