UNCW Shellfish Farm
This image shows the UNCW Shellfish Farm at the Center for Marine Science as Tropical Storm Ana is approaching the region. You can see the waves being whipped up by the storm winds. The cages floating in the water contain shellfish. This is an example of individual ecological processes as the shellfish have to be adapted to living in aquatic habitats occasionally impacted by tropical storms. This is also an example of population ecology, as the Shellfish Hatchery is explicitly trying to grow a population of organisms large enough to serve a commercial market.
UNCW Shellfish Farm
This image shows the UNCW Shellfish Farm at the Center for Marine Science as Tropical Storm Ana is approaching the region. You can see the waves being whipped up by the storm winds. The cages floating in the water contain shellfish. This is an example of individual ecological processes as the shellfish have to be adapted to living in aquatic habitats occasionally impacted by tropical storms. This is also an example of population ecology, as the Shellfish Hatchery is explicitly trying to grow a population of organisms large enough to serve a commercial market.