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ScLi10- Identify study vаriаbles in reseаrch articles A real study aimed tо test whether the pattern оf resоurce distribution in an environment affected how many individuals of the same species could be maintained by such environment. Researchers used single-strain populations of budding yeast (microorganism that you use to raise dough) in plates with the amino acid tryptophan (Trp) as the exploited, renewable resource. Researchers set 96 plates with Trp . Each plate was divided in 12 sections. Each plate had either a heterogeneous or homogeneous distribution of resources (Trp). A heterogeneous environment was designed by alternating high and low Trp concentrations. A homogeneous environment was designed as having a uniform amount of Trp in all 12 sections. Yeast population in each well was quantified every 24 h as the optical density (OD600) until an asymptote was observed.
ScLi10- Identify study vаriаbles in reseаrch articles A study tested if acоrn ants that are raised in different temperatures are mоre tоlerant to extreme heat or cold. Here is an excerpt of the methods: "After collection from the field, ant colonies were allowed to acclimate to laboratory conditions (~25 °C, an intermediate temperature between our two temperature treatments) for approximately 24 h prior to being randomly assigned to one of two temperature treatments (Percival growth chambers, 36-VL). We used a simple diurnal fluctuation in temperature for both our warm and cool rearing treatments. The warm treatment cycled between 25 (night) and 30 (day) °C; the cool treatment cycled between 20 (night) and 25 (day) °C. These temperature treatments represent a non-stressful range for this species (Diamond et al., 2013), and correspond with typical warm-day conditions in urban and rural habitats, respectively, in our study area; none of these temperature treatments lie outside the range of temperatures experienced by acorn ants at our study sites (Fig. 1). [...] Photoperiod in each treatment was 14:10 L:D. Colonies were maintained in the temperature treatments for an average of 65.48 days (± 1SD 8.11). [...] We used a dynamic temperature ramping protocol to assess the critical thermal maximum and minimum (CTmax and CTmin), each defined as the loss of muscular coordination, which yields an ecologically relevant tolerance limit (Lutterschmidt & Hutchison, 1997). " (modified from Harris, B. A., Stevens, D. R., & Mathis, K. A. (2024). The effect of urbanization and temperature on thermal tolerance, foraging performance, and competition in cavity‐dwelling ants. Ecology and Evolution, 14(2), e10923.) Match the following variables with the type of variable they are:
ScLi16- Identify the purpоse оf discussiоns in scientific аrticles The following excerpt is from the study Sediment аssociаted with algal turfs inhibits the settlement of two endangered coral species coauthored by Dr. Alain Duran (professor in our bio department) The objective of the study was to determine the effect of type of substrate (algae or algae+ sediments) on the abundance of juvenile corals and coral larvae settlement of two coral species in South Florida Which of the following are functions of discussions that are NOT being addressed in the paragraph? "Our results are consistent with previous work showing that sediment and sediment-laden turf (turf + sediment) is detrimental to settling corals (Hogdson, 1990; Babcock and Davies, 1991; Babcock and Smith, 2002; Birrell et al., 2005; Jones et al., 2015). Past studies, however, have used artificially created turf communities (Birrell et al., 2005), non-calcium carbonate settlement substrate (Hogdson, 1990; Babcock and Smith, 2002), or artificially added sediment (Babcock and Davies, 1991; Birrell et al., 2005), making it more difficult to understand how naturally-occurring sediment impacts coral settlement."