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INTRODUCTION
Introduction of the report must answer the following questions:

 What is biodiversity?
 What is the importance of biodiversity?
 How can we determine the biodiversity of an area?
 Why is it important to learn how to conduct fieldwork in different types of environment?
 Why biodiversity varies in different locations?
Note: If your answers came from the internet, paraphrase your work and put citations.

Objectives
 Provide your goals in conducting the fieldwork.

METHODOLOGY
Materials
(Place the list of all the materials you used during the fieldwork.)

Methods
A. Study sites
Grassland of a public park

 Describe study site. Provide coordinates and vegetation found before creating the quadrats.
 Provide pictures with descriptions.
 Provide the dimensions of the quadrats and how you created them.
 Provide the importance of quadrats and transect lines in determining biodiversity of an area.

Grassland of a private property

 Describe study site. Provide coordinates and vegetation found before creating the quadrats.
 Provide pictures with descriptions.
 Provide the dimensions of the quadrats and how you created them.
 Also describe the presence of pollution or other disturbances.

Mangrove forest

 Describe study site. Provide coordinates and vegetation found before creating the quadrats.
 Provide pictures with descriptions.
 Provide the dimensions of the quadrats and transect line made during your fieldwork.
 Also describe the presence of pollution or other disturbances.
 B. Determination of Species and Sample collection
Sample collection
 Provide the method you used when you collected your soil and sediment samples.
 Provide pictures if available.

C. Species richness and abundance

Counting of soil organisms
 How did you count the organisms found?
 What organisms did you include in your record?

D. Determination of Biodiversity
Diversity indices
Simpson Diversity Index (SDI)
o Provide the formula used and define each component.
o How to interpret the results?
o What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this diversity index?
Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index (H)
o Provide the formula used and define each component.
o How to interpret the results?
o What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this diversity index?
o How is it different from the Simpson diversity index?

Note: If your answers came from the internet, paraphrase your work and put citations.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Species richness and abundance
Grassland of a public park
 Provide the different species found in the study site area.
 Provide how many individuals per species you have counted.
 Provide pictures of the species.

Grassland of a private property

  Provide the different species found in the study site area.
 Provide how many individuals per species you have counted.
 Provide pictures of the species.

Mangrove forest
 Provide the different species found in the study site area.
 Provide how many individuals per species you have counted.
 Provide pictures of the species.

Species biodiversity
Create a table showing the Simpson and Shannon index results.
Example:
Table 1. Results of biodiversity indices of each study site.

Study site SDI value H value

Grassland of a public park
Grassland of a private property
Mangrove forest

 Write and interpret your results.

 Provide possible contributing factors.

Note: If your answers came from the internet, paraphrase your work and put citations.

CONCLUSION
 Based on your findings, which among the three study sites showed the highest and lowest
biodiversity?
 What factors contributed to its high biodiversity?
 What factors contributed to its low biodiversity?
References
Use APA format.
APPENDIX
Put your raw data in tables and label them accordingly.
Place photos related to your fieldwork and put description below the photos.