stealthyfighter Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 Hi guys, This is pertaining to the ecology unit as well: so I'm doing my IA on how an abiotic factor of temperature effects corals. Except I just realized that all my data involved a genus of corals, rather than a species of corals. So I've been investigating the effect of a genus on temperature, but my background pertains to species ( such as ecological niches and species, abiotic factors being limiting factors, natural selection for species). What should I do? Should I apply all this background to investigate a genus and list off the fact that I could not get data on a single species and therefore it is a limitation in the end?? I really hope I haven't messed up my bio IA. help, please!! Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted January 1, 2019 Report Share Posted January 1, 2019 I might be misinterpreting your question. Are you asking about how to write the IA if your background info is on different species but your experimentation is on a genus? What I don't stand is, how are you investigating a genus of corals? Because if you find out about the exact species you used then just use the species background info you have. If you are missing data from a particular species of the genus then just comment on how big a difference that could make and how it could have impacted your interpretation of the data. From my understanding, taxonomy is purely used to categorize species, and a name imposed on a group of species should not in anyway alter biological behaviours. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthyfighter Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 4 hours ago, kw0573 said: I might be misinterpreting your question. Are you asking about how to write the IA if your background info is on different species but your experimentation is on a genus? What I don't stand is, how are you investigating a genus of corals? Because if you find out about the exact species you used then just use the species background info you have. If you are missing data from a particular species of the genus then just comment on how big a difference that could make and how it could have impacted your interpretation of the data. From my understanding, taxonomy is purely used to categorize species, and a name imposed on a group of species should not in anyway alter biological behaviours. Hi thanks for your response! I was quite silly to not clarify in my post that I'm doing a database 🙄😅 sorry 'bout that!. And the root of my question I guess is in my background information I talk about limiting factors such as temperature and ecological niches; would it be wrong to apply that to a genus rather than a species? Because most research, litreture, on corals is about their genus rather than species. Species ( which is more specific than a genus) was thus hard to find data on. Thank u Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw0573 Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Corals do not belong to the same genus. If literature only goes to the genus then you should discuss at the genus level. The sources should identify variations within the same genus with respects to the limiting factors, if any. As long as what you present in the background is accurate and it helps to understand implications of the experiment and of the data, then it should be fine. Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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