BIO 280 Wk 3 Discussion: Locally Threatened Species

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students.

Due Thursday

Respond to ONE of the three questions below with a minimum of 175 words. This response must be in your own original words and should also include one properly cited and referenced passage from a relevant source.

In Week Three we cover overexploitation and invasive exotics, and how they related to global change and can ultimately cause extinction. Consider the reading and activities that you have completed this week.

1) In the area where you live, what species are threatened with extinction due to global change? What measures are being taken to address this threat? Use resources from the Internet, including the IUCN Red List, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the U.S. Global Change Research Program websites, to identify species and threats. How do these threats compare to past extinction events?

2) In the area where you live, what species are invasive? How did they get there? How are they affecting the native species in your area? What management techniques are used to diminish these effects? Use resources from the Internet, including the Invasive Species website, to identify species.

3) Feel free to summarize and discuss the article from the link below, in detail, for participation credit.  Which side of the Bluefin Tuna controversy do you support? Explain why and support your point of view using critical thinking and cited material.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/03/08/469551768/how-in-trouble-are-bluefin-tuna-really-controversial-study-makes-waves

Due Monday

Reply to at least two (2) of your classmates with relevant responses of at least 100 words. Each of these responses should add to the information provided by your classmate by either providing your personal experience or providing additional information and/or a new perspective. Cited/referenced material is not required, but should be added when applicable to support your relevant talking points.  Always be constructive and professional in your responses.

Please note:  A response that has been found to be cut/pasted from the text, an outside source or another classmate will be considered plagiarism, which is a serious form of academic dishonesty. Any student found to be plagiarizing will be reported to the University immediately