I've had a lot of trouble and bee pretty frustrated at the fact that I couldn't find a solid thing to do my IRP on. I Also know I'm behind, so I'm redoing my last post to come up to date with what I'm doing.
So i got to talking to Mrs. Woodall about what direction i wanted to go in for my project and I wanted to do something involving coral and how it's affected by changes in salinity and temperature. I finally found a great project that involves these things and will possibly help other people in the future.
IRP: The impact UVB light and a fan system have on the stability of salinity and temperature in a controlled laboratory tank study.
Some of my tanks will include corals, so I can document if they affect the water as well.
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| My project will look a little like this |
A UVB light is ultraviolet radiation, or commonly known as artificial sunlight. I have been researching the effects it has on corals and lab experiments.
Interactions between climate change, ozone, and ultraviolet radiation are altering exposure to UV radiation in aquatic ecosystems, (2) and this can effect many things involving the aquatic world, including water temperatures. Like most things in this world, corals and other sea life require UV to sustain themselves. Just like the wild, experimental salt water tanks and personal fish tanks need the perfect level of stability between temperature, salinity, and sunlight to thrive. My goal in this experiment is to find the perfect balance of all these things. Now while I have been researching, I can't find anything on this exact topic, but maybe throughout my research i will be able to discover more. I have found that UVB light is beneficial to corals and helps them thrive, (1) and a part of my experiment will be to see if the UVB light and fan system will cause my corals to affect the water differently then the UVB light and fan system alone. I will continue my research and hopefully be able to provide more references to experiments like mine in the future.
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https://orphek.com/is-uv-light-a-gimmick-in-led-fixtures-or-do-corals-benefit-by-it/
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http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2015/pp/c4pp90035a
Chelsey--please put your name in your title.
ReplyDeleteAlso, be careful about overstating conditions. There are many reasons that corals are 'wasting away' such as coral bleaching from increased sea-surface temps.
I also don't think this statement is correct--"With sea temperatures rising and increased CO2 levels in our atmosphere, it's causing increased rainfall..." These things don't cause increased rainfall. I think you took this from the statement in one of your articles..."...and the global effects of climate change—warming seas and increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere..." Climate change (increased temperatures) is warming the oceans resulting in coral bleaching and CO2 concentrations are making ocean waters more acidic--but they don't create more rainfall. Your second article also mentions nothing about altered salinity. You really need to spend more time understanding your topic before you move further. I'm still curious as to where/how ocean water salinities are becoming more brackish as you say.