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Please use the table above and answering the following questions. The data sample below is from actual survey of bird species from Bolsa Chica Wetlands

Please use the table above and answering the following questions.

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The data sample below is from actual survey of bird species from Bolsa Chica Wetlands and Newport Back Bay. Time: 10:07-10:50am Time: 10:05- 11:15am Location: Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve Location: Newport Back Bay "PCH parking lot) (Back Bay Drive, gazebo parking lot) Temperature: 16C Temperature: 14C Weather: sunny, partial clouds, partial winds Weather: sunny, slightly cloudy, breezy Bird Count Bird Count Rock pigeon Turvey vulture 3 Canada Goose 4 Willet 12 Ring-billed gull 22 Ring-billed gull 5 Western gull 13 American coot 45 Caspian Tern 93 Caspian Tern 1 Blue-winged teal (duck) 3 Marbled godwit 27 Forster's tern 6 Cinnamon teal (duck) 12 California least tern 11 Western grebe 4 California brown pelican 3 American widgeon 23 Ruddy duck 13 Green-winged teal 22 Great egret 3 American avocet 26 Double-crested cormorant 21 Great blue heron 1 Savannah sparrow Anna's hummingbird Snowy egret 12 California towhee 31 Willet 2 Common yellowthroat 2 Killdeer 2 House finch 7 Western sandpiper 2 Lesser goldfinch 4 Whimbrel Allen's hummingbird 1 Mallard 1 Spotted towhee Horned grebe Song sparrow American crow Common bushtit Calculate the Shannon Diversity Index and the Equitability for both and graph the data to show the comparison. 1. First total the number of birds for each site. 2. For each bird at each site, calculate the Pi by dividing the bird count by the total count for that site. 3. Get the natural log (In) for each Pi using a calculator/Excel function. 4. Multiply the Pi by the In(Pi). 5. Add up all the values for each site and multiply this value by -1. This is the site's H value. 6. For Equitability, divide the H value of the site by the natural log (In) of the total species count for the site. 7. After both sites have been calculated, graph the values and formulate a conclusion

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