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=Journal of Taylor McClafferty=

Free Journal:

- For the most part, it is peaceful and quiet. Nothing to crazy, mainly calm. There are many ducks, fish and crayfish in the water. The rocks seem to form kind of bank in the water. The plants on the other hand, there are some endemic plants and some growing within the stream itself. As I looked at the water, I observed that it had an unusual shade of brown to it, I assumed that it would be due to dirt run off. Also within the water I observed that many twigs, dead leaves and other particles were being backed up due to rocks in the middle of the stream, blocking water flow. If you looked even closer, you could see small grey looking guppies. They normally traveled in groups.

- Some significant abiotic factors, was the whether. Its seems to be always be cloudy, or overcast. The temperature seems to be cool, but humid at the same time. The temperature is good enough for all life forms to thrive within. Manoa has and is known for a lot of rain, but today as I observed, it was sunny, a good balance between hot and cold. Sunlight is also a key factor to a habitat, because without that, then you can’t have green healthy plants. Plants need sunlight for photosynthesis. As the balance between sunny and dry, cold and wet, its like plant paradise.

- I think that The Manoa stream is an ideal or good place to do our semester project because I feel that it’s a big enough place, to where there enough stuff to cover and to learn about, to make inferences and observations. I feel like this is a good place to study because it is away from human contact or human activity. Though it is in a rural place with a great population within the community, hardly is there any way people disturb or disrupt the nature of the habitat to construction, cars, etc. Though you can see some definite signs due to humans, it is nothing severe or significant. Compared to a lot of other places, this seems to have a lot of different plants, animals, and ways that other places just doesn’t provide.