BIOL 1209 Chapter : WA2
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Intraspecific competition is competition for resources among members of the same species. Aquatic individuals can compete for a number of different resources such as: sunlight, nutritional sources, space, and mates (encyclopedia of earth). the aquatic organism that we will be studying is. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: an aquatic species of unicellular green algae. Chlamydomonas uses photosynthesis to provide energy and can be found in a variety of aquatic habitats (chlamy connection). In order to study intraspecific competition in the chlamydomonas population, we compared different densities of the population: higher densities simulating more competition in limited space and lower densities simulating less competition. The question i am interested in is, how intraspecific competition will affect the growth rate of the chlamydomonas population. Phosphorous is a necessary nutrient for growth in lake ecosystems. It is incorporated into the biological systems in the form of phosphate molecules. Phosphate is key in energy storage and use of organisms, and its availability affects the occurrence of photosynthesis(water research.
