Ocean’s Impact on Weather Instructions: In the Ocean’s Impact on Weather Lab, you explored the effects of restoring mangrove habitat compared to natural mangrove regrowth following a natural disaster. Record your observations in the lab report below. You will submit your completed report.
(30 points possible)
Name and Title (1 point)
Carmin Hackle
Chelsea Mosko
April 15, 2017
Oceans impact on weather
Objective(s) (2 points)
The point of this lab is to show how weather is basically caused through the ocean.
Hypothesis (2 points)
Independent- How the mangroves are planted
Dependent- How forests recover over 5 years
If mangroves are planted all over they will grow more over 5 years
Procedure
At the north beach, your team will implement a project to replant three mangrove species and monitor their growth over five years. The growth of the replanted mangroves will be compared to the natural regrowth of mangroves in the south beach area. Mangrove growth in both beach areas will be monitored via satellite. You will record data for each location about the percentage of mangrove coverage, the number of species in the area, and the average mangrove height in order to assess the health of the beaches.
Data and Analysis (16 points)
Percentage of Mangrove Coverage
North Beach
South Beach
Before hurricane
80
100
Immediately after hurricane damage
10
20
6 months post hurricane
35
25
1 year post hurricane
60
45
2 years post hurricane
75
55
3 years post hurricane
80
70
4 years post hurricane
90
90
5 years post hurricane
95
95
Number of Species
North Beach
South Beach
Before hurricane
54
59
Immediately after hurricane damage
21
34
6 months post hurricane
25
34
1 year post hurricane
31
37
2 years post hurricane
36
42
3 years post hurricane
39
45
4 years post hurricane
44
49
5 years post hurricane
51
55
Average Mangrove Height After Five Years (in meters)
North Beach
South Beach
Red Mangrove
4.2
5.1
Black Mangrove
3.7
4.4
White Mangrove
3
3.7
Conclusion (9 points)
Yes the restoration project was effective because if more mangroves were planted everywhere it will grow more over the 5 years
Counting the number of species in the area is good because you need to know how many are out there and how fast they are growing throughout the years.
After five years, the average height of each mangrove species helped me better evaluate the restoration project