A Simpsons biodiversity calculation is almost certain to be on the exam paper. It combines maths with ecology and gives an opportunity for the examiner to ask suggest questions....

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Calculating Simpsons Index of Biodiversity Exercise - A-level Biology

A brief exercise using coral reef photographs and a fish identification chart to calculate a Simpsons Index of Biodiversity.

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Remember biodiversity is not the number of species ! It is a measure of species richness and species evenness.

Make an effort to revise sampling techniques from your required practicals - and focus on what you are trying to achieve with a sampling strategy, and how that strategy will enable a valid comparison of different ecosystems or an accurate representation of the area as a whole.

Here are a few questions and markschemes

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