Shannon Diversity Index Case Study
To compare the Shannon Diversity index between the Riparian and Coastal Sage Scrub community, acquiring the actual value of the Shannon Diversity index from both of these communities needs to be done first. This can be done through the assistance of these materials: a 50m Fiberglass Metric Long Tape Measure with a Pumpkin color, GPS Tracker, lab notebook with a reasonable amount of paper, black-inked pen, and a functioning calculator. First, in either the Riparian or Coastal Sage Scrub community (does not matter which is first, as long as the values of Shannon Diversity index is calculated from both communities), the 50m Fiberglass Metric Long Tape Measure with Pumpkin color coating was used to measure out a transect line at a length of 50
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This whole procedure will be repeated at a different location under the same habitat/community and be labeled as Run #2 for the following community. Once Run #1 and #2 is finished and recorded with the appropriate information, combine the data set and information of both into one whole data table for the following community. Once this is done, calculate the amount of each plant organism found in both data tables to find the total number of plants found in that community, which will be used to calculate the Pi of each plant organism to then calculate the Shannon Diversity index of the community where the data was researched from. This whole procedure will be repeated in the other community that was not researched on to calculate the Shannon Diversity index of the other community. Once both Shannon Diversity indexes are calculated of both communities, they then can be used in comparing which community is the most diverse of plant organisms, concluding the end of the
This whole procedure will be repeated at a different location under the same habitat/community and be labeled as Run #2 for the following community. Once Run #1 and #2 is finished and recorded with the appropriate information, combine the data set and information of both into one whole data table for the following community. Once this is done, calculate the amount of each plant organism found in both data tables to find the total number of plants found in that community, which will be used to calculate the Pi of each plant organism to then calculate the Shannon Diversity index of the community where the data was researched from. This whole procedure will be repeated in the other community that was not researched on to calculate the Shannon Diversity index of the other community. Once both Shannon Diversity indexes are calculated of both communities, they then can be used in comparing which community is the most diverse of plant organisms, concluding the end of the