The student provides a focused and detailed description of the main topic and research question. However, they do not provide relevant and focused background information regarding the species' abundance and its limiting factors or the location studied. The biology is not explained well enough for the reader to fully and easily understand it without the need of rereading. The student correctly states and explains a null and an alternative hypothesis and the methodology of the investigation is highly appropriate to the topic. The methodology is focused on answering the research question, includes appropriate steps to assure the relevancy and validity of the obtained results, and shows full awareness of safety hazards and ethical concerns that can arise during the experiment. However, no environmental considerations were mentioned.
