Conclusion: Interactions of Abiotic Factors

The aboitic factors that were within our three leveled eco column were:

• The dcomosing material within the decomp chamber.
• The rocks within the fish habitat.
• The soil within both the decomp and top soil chambers.

These abiotic factors within the eco column are essential to the flow of nutrients, therefore they would affect the data. Several trends were noticed in the data:

• As the decomp chamber decomposed, the pH of the water also rose. This could be attributed to dead flies that could decompose and fall into the fish chamber.
• Turbidity would be affected by the bits that fall down through the holes in the bottom of the decomp chamber, Turbidity did go from 0 to 41.3 in just 7 days.