Changes in Sea Urchin Population in Europe

Data Table and Map:

There might be something happen between year 1985-2015 under Europe or Africa so

countries on the southern part of Europe were affected and the middle part were affected to but
not as much as the southern part.And the north part of Europe were not affected. It might be

that something that happen in middle and southern part of Europe didn’t reach northern part.

According to the chart, it can be seen that the number of population of sea urchin

between year 1985-2015 can be separated into three types, increasing, decreasing,

dramatically decreasing. Norway and Sweden are to places that the trend goes up. Netherland,

Denmark, United Kingdom, and Ireland begin with high number and fall down moderately.

France, Spain, and Portugal are ,on the other hand, dramatically decreased. The trends started

high, then dropped to the bottom and fluctuate there since 2005. It can be observed that the

countries with the same trends are located in the same areas.

From the graph above, from 1985 to 1990, the population size of the sea urchin in each

country almost looks the same but there’s a bit different in the number of population. The
country that gains more population from 1985 to 1990 are Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and

the countries that lost the population of sea urchins are Portugal, Spain, Netherlands, UK,

Ireland, and France. So, the countries that have the increment are the countries that locate in

the upper of Europe.

From 1995 to 2000, there might be something going on Norway because the population

in 1995 are almost 0 but then in 2000, the population rapidly raising to 55. But Sweden still gain

more and more population of sea urchins. Also, there’s a lot of decreasing in these two graphs

in each country.

Consequently, UK and Ireland has the most population of sea urchins and seems to be

stable compared to others. But in western Europe which are Portugal, Spain, and France are

still continuously lost their population since 1985.

The population in Norway and Sweden are increasing over time while others are decreasing.
Continental Trend:

The average population of the continent decreases over time. However, from 1985 to 1995, the

average population size decreases rapidly. After that, it’s still decreasing, but at a slower and

more consistent rate.

The change in population of sea urchins from 1985 to 2015 by percent

Portugal decreased by 93%

Spain decreased by 97%

Netherlands decreased by 64%

UK decreased by 54%

Denmark decreased by 88%

Ireland decreased by 71%

Sweden increased by 90%

Norway increased by 168%

France decreased by 95%

Part 4: Not Urgent
 Figure 1

Figure 2

According to figure 1 this graph, the population of sea urchin is rising in Sweden and
Norway. The trend for Norway started at 19 and increased to over 51 in 2015 while the
trend for Sweden is increased from 22 to 42. In addition, figure 2 shows that even the
trend is dramatically decreased from 1985 to 1995, but after that the trend is not
decreasing as it used to be before. These trends show that there is no need to worry
about the population of sea urchin. From these two graphs, the trend can be
implemented that there is a huge probability that sea urchins will start to reproduce, and
numbers of urchins found in the next few years can increase. An another hypothesis
which makes sense to the scenario is sea urchins may be moving their place of living.
It’s a strong argument to make if actually there’s nothing urgent to be done because
these sea urchins can behave differently when time passes.

Name (Section B):

Achitphol Poollarp (Tarn)

Nataphorn Soontornworasate (Sea)

Phuchit Bunluesak (Wan)

Tanakom Kaweenwuthisinp (Gun)

Nutchanon Charnwutiwong (Nont)