Exercise 11 - Species Diversity of Plankton Communities
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Biodiversity
Refers to the variety of life in an area
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Species diveristy
Variety of species that exist in an area.
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Genetic diversity
Variety of genes contained by the individuals of a species in an area.
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Ecosystem diversity
Variety of ecosystems in an area.
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Species Richness
The number of species present in an area.
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Species Evenness
the relative abundance of different species within a community or ecosystem
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Shannon Diversity Index
A unitless index used to quantify species diversity in a community.
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Maximum H’
Maximum possible diversity in a community.
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H’ value
Measure of diversity in a community.
higher H’ value = higher diversity
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