Visit the field site of a new Bio-remediation Project near Salton City, developed by Terra Organics. Most of the lecturing and discussions can be done in Spanish. Visit Terra Organics Laboratory site for biological and water testing. Discuss options of using effluent water for Shrimp Farming, on an adjacent site. Biodiversity of Ants Ants are ecologically dominant in almost every terrestrial environment.
Ants occupy both primary and secondary trophic levels of the food chain.
They are the dominant predators of other arthropods and serve as important scavengers of a vast array of arthropods and other terrestrial animals. They serve other roles in communities as well, both sequestering and dispersing seeds, moving organic material into soils, and often forming tight mutualistic protective relationships with plants. They serve as prey for neighboring ants, spiders, lizards, birds and some mammals. Ants are normally not taken by casual collectors. Thus their distributions and habitat preferences are still poorly known.