Let's Calculate Biodiversity
Virtual Sample #1



Enter your counts for each of the organisms listed. When you press 'Compute', your counts will be checked and, if correct, the two measures of biodiversity will be computed in the table below the image.

[virtual sample #1]
Species Name
# Found
Hydras

Mussels

Barnacles

Whip Mud Worms

Dusky Sea Slugs



  

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If you need help finding where all of a particular organism is located, please click on 'show me'.

>> Hydras   show me  hide hint
>> Mussels   show me  hide hint
>> Barnacles   show me  hide hint
>> Whip Mud Worms   show me  hide hint
>> Dusky Sea Slugs   show me  hide hint


Species Name
# Found
Pi
Pi2
Piln[Pi]

Measure
Value
Hydras




S

Mussels




D

Barnacles




1 - D

Whip Mud Worms




1/D

Dusky Sea Slugs




H

Totals




E


While you can use any base, this exercise uses natural log (ln).