Let's Calculate Biodiversity
Virtual Sample #1
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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.
Species Name
# Found
Hydras
Mussels
Barnacles
Whip Mud Worms
Dusky Sea Slugs
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Hydras
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Mussels
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Barnacles
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Whip Mud Worms
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Dusky Sea Slugs
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Species Name
# Found
P
i
P
i
2
P
i
ln[P
i
]
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).