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Members of the UNCW Surf Club's team pose for a group photo following the team's win at NSSA East Coast Championships in Sebastian Inlet, FLA. April 29, 2009. Courtesy: peter fritzler
This picture was taken at Lake Sutton. Lake Sutton is a lake used by Duke Energy as a cooling system that cycles through the energy plant back into the lake. This is also similar to the water cycle. In the water cycle, water from the earth is heated and evaporated into the atmosphere and turns into condensation into the clouds. After this occurs, the water than falls back on to the surface of the earth, and this process is called precipitation. #image1 #bio366 #sp18 #UNCW #UNCWETEAL #ecology
UNCW Surf Club team member, Ian Tilghman, at the NSSA East Coast Championships, Sebastian Inlet, FL. April 18-19, 2009. Tilghman placed 2nd in the college men's division at the event. Courtesy: Hunter Hay. © All rights reserved.
Wrightsville beach is home to around 2,500 residents, and hundreds of species of wildlife. Wrightsville Beach is currently undergoing a restoration project to add sand to the beach as a lot of it gets washed out by waves and tides. Sand is pumped from the floor of Masonboro inlet and is deposited throughout the main section of the beach. Dredging, as it is called, helps deepen the inlet after sedimentation occurs, and helps replenish the eroded parts of the beach. Although adding sand may seem like it would help wildlife, as it provides more breeding grounds for turtles and birds, but it is now believed it may be hurting them. The concept demonstrated here is human impact on communities. Beach houses are protected and there is more room for people to sunbathe, but the equipment gets in the way for turtles, and the sand now with more shells, makes it harder for the turtles to lay eggs. The change in sand profile also can hurt mole crabs and other crabs as they have trouble digging. The abrupt change in zonation of the island can negatively impact the organisms who reside in specific zones along the shoreline. Human efforts to maintain the physical aspect of the island may in turn limit the biodiversity of the island, especially with the endangered species who call Wrightsville beach home.
UNCW Surf Club team member, Ben Powell, at the NSSA East Coast Championships, Sebastian Inlet, FL. April 18-19, 2009. Powell placed 5th in the college men's division at the event. Courtesy: Hunter Hay. © All rights reserved.
UNCW Student Ambassadors held their 30th Annual Oozeball — Dirty 30 event, inviting students, alumni, staff and facultyt to participate in a mud volleyball tournament behind Brooks Field on April 26, 2025. PHOTO BY: SAJORDEN MILLER/ UNCW
Travis Varga bottom turns at Pipe during a 2009 spring break trip to Hawaii with fellow UNCW surfer, Andy Carter. Courtesy: Travis Varga
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.
Members of the UNCW Surf Club at the LIVE for LIVE event, April 4, 2009. The event was sponsored by Thrust Clothing to raise money for a child in need of a heart transplant. Members of the club helped run the Thrust event apparel booth and with other event needs. Courtesy: peter fritzler
UNCW Surf Club team members, Ian Tilghman and Mike Powell, at the NSSA East Coast Championships, Sebastian Inlet, FL. April 18-19, 2009. Tilghman placed 2nd and Powell placed 1st in the college men's division at the event. Courtesy: Hunter Hay. © All rights reserved.
Members of the UNCW Surf Club pose for a group photograph, 1980s. Courtesy: Josh Vach, www.k38baja.com/
Members of the UNCW Surf Club pose for a group photo during one of the club's surf clinics for members. Courtesy: Jeff Weisler
UNCW Student Ambassadors held their 30th Annual Oozeball — Dirty 30 event, inviting students, alumni, staff, and faculty to participate in a mud volleyball tournament behind Brooks Field on April 26, 2025. PHOTO BY: SAJORDEN MILLER/ UNCW
UNCW Alumni award winners (Young Alumnus Travis Corpening '00, '06M, Distinguished Alumna Caroline Reda '85 and Distinguished Citizen A. Farrell Teague '54) were celebrated during a reception at the Kenan House January 29, 2016. PHOTO BY: JEFF JANOWSKI/UNCW
Members of the UNCW Surf Club at the LIVE for LIVE event, April 4, 2009. The event was sponsored by Thrust Clothing to raise money for a child in need of a heart transplant. Members of the club helped run the Thrust event apparel booth and with other event needs. Courtesy: peter fritzler
Former members, Tony Butler and Bryan Tracy along with Josh Vach (not pictured), attended a Surf Club meeting to discuss details regarding the Wblivesurf.com / Tower 7 Scholarship. Dr. Tony Puente, founding advisor of the Surf Club, was also present. April 2009. Photo: peter fritzler
Dr. Dylan McNamara, Coach of the Surf Club's team prior to a winter surf practice session. January 2009. Courtesy: Peter Fritzler
I took this photo of a Venus flytrap (scientific name Dionaea muscipula) on Wednesday, April 5th during my last Ecology lab session that we spent in the Bluethenthal Wildflower Preserve on UNCW's campus. This carnivorous plant is native to North and South Carolina and uses its small "hairs" as a trigger to close in on and then ingest any insect or arachnid that makes contact with the plant's "mouth." It takes several different triggers for the "jaws" to eventually shut, though, to ensure that the plant is ingesting something that's worth the expended energy, i.e. a crawling critter that would be a sufficient source of protein for the flytrap. Different prey of Venus flytraps include ants, beetles, flies, spiders, and so on. The National Wildlife Federation has classified the Venus flytrap as "vulnerable," and theft of any naturally growing Venus flytraps is considered a felony in some North Carolina counties. Also, I found it interesting that Venus flytrap extracts are used in medicine and, despite hard proof of medical benefits,
they are thought to help with certain illnesses such as Crohns' disease and skin cancer ("Venus flytrap," n.d.).
UNCW Seamen host Fall Easterns at University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Wilmington, North Carolina, Saturday, November 5, 2022.
Members of the UNCW Surf Club during a bonfire party on the north end of Carolina Beach. Courtesy: Jeff Weisler
During a short trip to the mountains of Western North Carolina I discovered this young plant in my moms garden located in Asheville NC. The jack in the pulpit or Arisaema triphyllum is a medium sized plant who's native range stretches across the whole east side of the United States of America and as far north as some parts of Canada. Jack and the pulpit are 3 leaved plants that can grow hooded pot shaped flowers and red berries that birds consume. Arisaema triphyllum is on of very few plant species with the unique property that allows them to alternate genders. The jack and the pulpit has been extensively studied because of this discovery. Research has found that the reason jack and the pulpit switches sex is due to the amount of resources the plant has access to. If the environment where the plant is located is lacking in water or other essential minerals and nutrients then the plants default is to change from female to male. This is likely because the male form of the plant isn't equipped to carry the flower or fruits making it less dependent on the environmental factors. This is a unique adaption because instead of suffering during times where there are little to no resources they simply change sex to allow for simpler living conditions.
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Pitcher plants located in the wildflower preserve on the UNCW campus. Pitcher plants typically grow in soils that are nitrogen poor and instead of competing with the surrounding vegetation for the soil nutrients they evolved to eat insects to get nitrogen. They do this by luring insects with a sweet liquid and when an insect lands on the inside of the plant it slips down into the plants and cannot get out because the walls are smooth and lined with hairs pointing downwards. The insect then dies and rots releasing nitrogen into the liquid that is then absorbed. This adaptation the plant to survive without having to directly compete with the vegetation around it for nitrogen.
Taken 20180117 at Myrtle Grove off the UNCW CMS dock. The picture shows multiple oysters (Crassostrea virginica) that have attached themselves to each other for protection and ease of reproduction. Like coral reefs in the lower latitudes, oyster reefs provide a stable habitat to the many species that live in coastal areas of the East coast. Oysters serve as important filter feeders within the ecosystem and in large numbers help improve water quality by filtering out detritus and plankton. "The filtration rate of Crassostrea virginica was measured at 6.80 liters of seawater per hour in laboratory experiments (RiisgŒrd 1988). Other sources suggest that it is as high as 36 liters per hour (Brusca and Brusca 1990)." This combined with oysters also being a large food source for aquatic animals and humans alike make them an important player in this ecological community.
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UNCW Seamen host Fall Easterns at University of North Carolina, Wilmington. Wilmington, North Carolina, Sunday, November 6, 2022.
Chris McQuiston, publisher and chief photographer of Local Sessions, shoots UNCW Surf Club team members during a winter surf practice. January 2009. Courtesy: Peter Fritzler
UNCW College of Health and Human Services welcomed home their alumni during a morning meet and greet at McNeill Hall January 30, 2016. PHOTO BY: JEFF JANOWSKI/UNCW
These four Southern Devil Scorpions[amended to Bark Scorpion] (Vaejovis carolinianus) babies were found a couple days ago in the woods behind my apartment off Racine Drive (near UNCW). Although, at this stage of life, they are commonly found resting on top of their mother as their exoskeletons harden, these little Arachnids were by themselves. Perhaps their mother was eaten and they escaped. Luckily, scorpion species have strengthened their ecological niche by producing up to 30 babies at a time. This allows for a large amount of survivors, even with predators picking them off.
Currently, these critters have been crawling all around the pet carrier I put them in, not trying to hide at all. I love creepers and crawlers and have a pet tarantula (Shelob), but these guys will be returned to where they were found as soon as their exoskeletons harden. At that point, they would have left their mother anyways, and ventured out on their own. An incredibly interesting fact about scorpions is that they glow under a blacklight due to a chemical found in their hyaline layer, a coating on their exoskeleton. This is thought to help them see at night, when most of the light is the blue/green coming from the moon and stars.
Sources:
entomology.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/scorpions.htm
askabiologist.asu.edu/scorpion-facts
blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/23/wh...M
I took this photo on Monday January 22nd 2018. The ecological concepts I identified with this picture are precipitation and climate being influenced by proximity to the coastline. Wilmington is right next to the ocean, which is why we experience more precipitation than cities and states that are farther inland. This is because when air masses move inland from the coast, the water vapor that is lost through precipitation is not recharged while over land as much as it is over the open waters of the ocean.
UNCW men's basketball team goes on their longest winning streak as they defeat College of Charleston 65-55 in front of a sold out homecoming crowd January 30, 2016 at Trask Coliseum. PHOTO BY: JEFF JANOWSKI/UNCW
This photo was taken in Huntersville, NC. You can see large established trees lining a four lane road with a car dealership in the background. Ten years ago trees and fields dominated this area, but urban sprawl necessitated their removal. Many animals were forced out of their habitat. When they moved to new habitats many found new stronger competitors. Their niche may already have been filled in this new area. This is a daily problem in the world where humans continue to build further out and take space that other life forms used to inhabit. What will happen when we run out of space?
This picture was taken at the small pond to the right of the Rec center across from the TL building. The pair of mallard ducks caught my attention. Its hard to make out, but there is a male and female duck. The male duck has the green head and brighter coloring compared to the monochromatic brown female. The male ducks more striking appearance is used to attract female ducks for mating. I was surprised to already see the ducks paired in mid January. I learned in BIO 202 that ducks are monogamous but their bond only lasts a single year. This made me curious to see when ducks start the mating process. As it turns out ducks start mating in the fall season and the engagement takes place throughout the winter. Although the pair stay together the female is responsible for incubating the eggs and tending to the young once they are born.
Here are some raccoon (Procyon lotor lotor) tracks. These were found along the side of a Bradly Creek tributary behind forest C on UNCW's campus. Tracks are common near most bodies of water as this is where the raccoon will hunt or wash its food.
Interestingly, the raccoon may partake in gender-specific social behaviors. Males will hang out in groups of around four to protect their mating area from competition. Females are sometimes known to share common areas together as well.
Sources:
www.mammalsociety.org/articles/behavioral-and-genetic-asp...
wildpro.twycrosszoo.org/S/0MCarnivor/Procyonidae/Procyon/...
Shawn O'Donnell, owner of Wrightsville Glassing, discusses the state of surfboard design and people who influenced his shaping career. February 2009. Courtesy: Peter Fritzler
This photo was taken from a swinging bench across the pond from the Fisher Student Center at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The tree pictured is used as a shade tree and is most likely a gum tree or cypress based on the UNCW Arboretum: Landscape Master Plan
(uncw.edu/physicalplant/arboretum/masterplan/academiccore.htm). There are several ecological concepts shown. The standout being the sun shining down reflecting off the pond and absorbing in the tree's leaves proving energy to the entire system. The radiation gives the energy needed for photosynthesis keeping the tree's leaves green. It also provides the heat and energy required for the surrounding plant species and the unpictured turtles that live in the pond to survive. The tree and other plants are also adapted to live close to a direct water source.
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Brad Sutton, Pete Erickson, Carl Wallin, Peter Fritzler, and Jeff Weisler pose in front of a surfing monument in New Smyrna Beach while attending the Scholastics contest. April 2003. Courtesy: Peter Fritzler
Members of the UNCW Surf Club pose for a group photo during a fall break trip to Hatteras. October 2004
purple pitcher plants pictured next to a pond pine on the blumenthal widlife reserve on campus. Nutrient poor soil has forced these carnivorous plants to evolve to find another way to obtain nutrients. the sandy soil does not allow good nutrient retention for smaller plants leading to the wide variety of indigenous carnivorous plants in the Wilmington area, such as pitcher plants and Venus fly traps. evolution is one of the main driving ecological processes and the nutrient poor soil is one limiting factor to force evolution.
Steve Calfee, Kevin Kingston, and Dustin Hoertt on a UNCW Surf Club trip to Costa Rica. March 2004. Courtesy: Peter Fritzler
Present is a very deformed swamp chestnut oak (Quercus michauxii). Interesting to note is the small sapling growing within the trees base. perhaps the larger older tree is providing a place for water to gather which allowed the sapling to grow so close. This is an example of intraspecific competition because the trees are directly competing for light and water. Along with shelter for plants the tree could also provide shelter for animals from rain. Or a reserve of drinking water after a long rain. Taken around 2pm at the wildflower preserve on UNCW campus.
Isaac Edwards, Tom Moorefield, Ryan Ziemiecki, Peter Fritzler, Kevin Kingston, Dustin Hoertt, and Steve Calfee pose for a group photograph during low tide at Playa Grande while on a UNCW Surf Club sponsored trip to Costa Rica. PGNFA! Spring 2004. Courtesy: Peter Fritzler
Carl Wallin, Pete Erickson, Brad Sutton, and Jeff Weisler wait for the tag-team college division to begin at the Scholastics contest in NSB. April 2003. Courtesy: Peter Fritzler
Shown here, a long leaf pine tree, Pinus palustris, is host to an atypical angiosperm, Tillandsia usneoides. Known commonly as "Spanish moss," it has evolved to live on larger tree species, usually inhabiting live oak and bald-cypress. It’s common name is something of a misnomer, because although it bears the resemblance of overgrown moss, it is in fact a flowering plant (angiosperm). It prefers a warm climate, where there’s humidity that is relatively high on average. It is likely natural to North Carolina, as it is thought to be over much of the south; in other instances it has been introduced to similar locations across the world. Though it tends to thrive more on larger trees, it’s fundamental niche extends to many smaller trees where the climate is accommodating. It is possible that its realized niche (larger trees) is what it is because, although its relationship with the tree is largely commensalistic, it has been evidenced that with greater Spanish moss growth, comes reduced tree growth. As both the tree and the Spanish moss would be competing for light, with the Spanish moss covering enough of the tree’s actively photosynthetic areas, its growth would come at the expense of its host’s. Therefore, the potential for excessive growth on small trees would be all but diminished (with less surface area to grow on), but would also have created a mutually unfavorable condition, wherein the host tree would experience a reduced growth rate and the Spanish moss, in the process of limiting its host’s growth, would too share in its fate should it die.
(This picture was taken the morning of the 29th on UNCW’s Campus).
From the 1975 edition of Fledgling, page 200.
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This a picture primarily focused on, what I believe to be, a Red Maple (Acer rubrum) tree here on campus, near Dobo Hall. The UNCW Arboretum (link below) lists the Red Maple as a shade tree, which means that it was chosen for its ability to provide shade. This tree, like most plants, is a phototroph meaning that its main energy source is light. Since the Red Maple loses most of its leaves in the winter, as shown in the picture, the tree makes the most out of the time that it has functioning leaves for photosynthesis during the summer and spring months.
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