Population Monitoring Study of an Earthworm Species in Two Woodlots, Exams of Biology

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BIO 1070 MIDTERM STUDY @ & A. An earthworm species that you identified has been the subject of a multi-year population monitoring study in two of the woodlots (Brown’s Woods and Dairy Bush). The data from this study are shown below. Calculate and plot the remaining population abundances for each year on the graphs provided. Dairy Bush 2010 Starting Population | 5, Abundance (Pt1) 2 Births (B) 30 5 Deaths (D) 20 2 Tmmigrations () 20 2 Emigrations (6) 25 é Final Population * 4B” ao1a” aor aoa 018 2014 Abundance (Pt2) al Brown's Woods 2010 | 2011 | 2012 Starting Population | 45 Abundance (Pt1) Births (B) {| 25 | 35_| NA| 70. Deaths (D) 2025 [NWA Immigrations (1) is [5 [NA Emigrations E) 10) 10 | NA Final Population in ol ____ ‘Abundance (P12) 2010” 2011 2012” 2013 2014 Year Which of the following scenarios would NOT be consistent with the data shown? A. This species of earthworm may be a new arrival in Brown's Woods. B. Brown’s woods is a larger woodlot than the Dairy Bush. C. The Dairy Bush earthworm population has been affected by the arrival of a skin-born disease that kills earthworms. D. The Dairy Bush was flooded for several weeks in 2012, drowning most of the worm population. E. The carrying capacity of earthworms in the Dairy Bush is about 150 worms.