Bio 2050 lab 4 Metadata For Pantrap Experiment

Experiment Description A total of five group members were involved with this lab and it had taken place on Oct, 14 2015 and Oct, 21, 2015. The members of this group had gone towards the east end of the lake, and the area towards the edge of the lake facing the school was marked as 0meters. A majority of this lab occurred on unmowed grasslands and a small area had consisted of mowed grasslands. This lab consisted of placing a total of 36 pan traps which were filled a quarter of the way with soapy water along a transect line near the lake, and the traps were of three different colors yellow, blue and white. They were placed randomly 1 meter apart laterally along a preset transect line of 0, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 meters. A total of 6 traps were set up along each interval with 2 traps of each color A prediction earlier made was the closer the pan traps are to the lake, a greater abundance in the number of species will be seen within the traps. The lab had taken place on Oct 14, 2015 and the temperature was a moderate 13 degrees Celsius and data was collected on this day and more data was collected on Oct, 21, 2015 the temperature of around 10 degrees Celsius. After placing the pan traps along the transect, a waiting period of 90 minutes had taken place before any recordings of the data had taken place. This involved counting the insects found within the traps, also the total number of plant species along the transect line were counted A hypothesis for this lab is the closer the pan traps are located toward the lake, a greater amount of animal species will be found within the pan traps and this is due mainly to abiotic interactions such as temperature and sunlight.