Presentation Year

2020

Depreciated Participant

Jose Alejandro BravoBiologyUndergraduate Student

College or Department

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

The purpose of the research was to determine if a relationship exists between biodiversity and specific functions. Specifically, if individual organism function influences the broad function of the ecosystem. To test this, a model system was devised using fluid collected from Darlingtonia californica, chosen for having a bacterial ecosystem with the observable broad function of insect degradation. A dilution series was used to modify the biodiversity of this system, expected to alter specific organism function, and by extension influence the broad function of the system. Initial results of the experiment indicated that broad function increased as individual specific functions decreased.

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Yes

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891

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