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below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates.?? Ecuador Galapagos Research Compiled By Kathie
Easter - May, 2010 properly! The Galapagos archipelago, which is off the coast of Ecuador, is made
of 130 volcanic islands and islets. There are 13 major islands in the archipelago, ranging in size from 5 to 1800 square miles in size, with more than 100 smaller
"islands, islets and rocks" making up the remainder ("The Galapagos," 2009). Roughly 97 percent of the Galapagos landmass and all of its surrounding waters, up to a 17 mile boundary,
have been designated a national park by the Ecuadorean government ("The Galapagos," 2009). This is because the islands are home to rich diversity of wildlife. Each major island in
the Galapagos has species that are unique to that island that are not found elsewhere in the archipelago ("Ecosystems," 2010). In fact, the isolation of the islands, which existed for
hundreds of thousands of years, means that many its species, roughly 30 percent of its nearly 600 plant species and 80 percent of its land-based animals, "exist only on the
Galapagos and nowhere else on Earth" ("The Galapagos," 2009). Of the islands bird population, roughly 50 percent are found only in the Galapagos ("The Galapagos," 2009). It is this unrivaled
diversity of species that inspired Charles Darwin to formulate his theory of evolution based on natural selection ("Ecosystems," 2010). Biological interrelationships A 2002 survey conducted by the Charles Darwin
Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund indicates that there were 2,909 marine species in the archipelago at that time ("Ecosystems," 2010). Also, there are roughly 750,000 seabirds found in these
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