Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i>
A laboratory tested various concentrations of arsenic on the growth of foraminifera and recorded their findings. Upon examination, the plotted probability density function for each of these trials resembled a similar shape. The plots were then characterized in a general model composed of linear segm...
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| description | A laboratory tested various concentrations of arsenic on the growth of foraminifera and recorded their findings. Upon examination, the plotted probability density function for each of these trials resembled a similar shape. The plots were then characterized in a general model composed of linear segments. Using calculus, statistics such as the expected value, variance and standard deviation were calculated to interpret the collected data. The statistics revealed that arsenic limits the growth of ocean life. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-27585c648e94404aab19339a148945b92022-12-21T17:49:05ZengUniversity of South FloridaUndergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two2326-36522009-01-012110.5038/2326-3652.2.1.2Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i>Elise KeisterA laboratory tested various concentrations of arsenic on the growth of foraminifera and recorded their findings. Upon examination, the plotted probability density function for each of these trials resembled a similar shape. The plots were then characterized in a general model composed of linear segments. Using calculus, statistics such as the expected value, variance and standard deviation were calculated to interpret the collected data. The statistics revealed that arsenic limits the growth of ocean life.http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol2/iss1/2Arsenic, Amphistengina Gibbosa, Foraminifera |
| spellingShingle | Elise Keister Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i> Undergraduate Journal of Mathematical Modeling: One + Two Arsenic, Amphistengina Gibbosa, Foraminifera |
| title | Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i> |
| title_full | Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i> |
| title_fullStr | Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i> |
| title_full_unstemmed | Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i> |
| title_short | Arsenic and Growth of <i>Amphistegina gibbosa</i> |
| title_sort | arsenic and growth of i amphistegina gibbosa i |
| topic | Arsenic, Amphistengina Gibbosa, Foraminifera |
| url | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/ujmm/vol2/iss1/2 |
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