Identifying Invasive Species

There has been an ever-increasing amount of international world trade in exotic species in exporting and importing of plants and animals (such as ornamental tropical fish, rainforest birds, exotic plants, and various species introduced for a purpose). This lines the pockets of the traders, shippers and sellers of these goods with huge profits of millions of dollars. Inspecting shipments of goods is overwhelming our human resources. The general public, future generations, and the planet's environment and biodiversity end up paying greatly from the negative impacts of the exploitation of species, the loss of biodiversity in both the country of origin and the importing country, and for the environmental damage that occurs. Huge sums of money have to be expended to try and rectify the damage to species and ecosystems from the introduction of non-native species into the ecosystems.

Before the crisis of invasive species destroying the environment, it was normal for people to dump invasive species into lakes, streams, and rivers, but in today’s society, releasing and bringing invasive species into the environment has come to a near existent halt.

ELMIRA (WENY) - As part of New York's Invasive Species Awareness Week, the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species and Management have teamed up to educate the public on local invasive species and how to stop them from spreading.

Taxonomists have the important occupation of naming, describing, and classifying organisms into specific species. A species is defined as a group of organisms that consist of similar individuals that are competent of exchanging genes through interbreeding. Scientists estimate that there are roughly 6.5 million terrestrial species and 2.2 aquatic species living on planet Earth. The naming of a specific organism becomes crucial when dealing with those who are endangered because of the Endangered Species Act. This act allows organisms to obtain special protections for not only their species but for their environment as well. Obviously, these precautionary measures must take place for the survival of the species, but unfortunately it can also have the potential to create a significant social and economic dilemma on society.

Humans are the reason why we’re dealing with invasive species, and why we should fix this problem. Imagine being an owner of Burmese python. You obviously adore the little guy---well, not so little---but your parents don’t. And from their kindness of their heart, they release your python into the wild instead of killing it. And the place they released your python is the Everglades, which many others did exactly what your parents did. But the thing is, that was a really bad idea. This Burmese python could cause---and probably already has---a lot of harm. These are some threats they could commit: 1) Praying on native species, 2) Out-competing native species for food or other resources, 3) Preventing native species from reproducing or killing

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At the Fort Snelling State park, there are several aquatic and terrestrial invasive species. We need to eliminate and reduce their reproduction as soon as possible. By the way, what do we mean by invasive species? They are plants and animals that are not native to Minnesota. Zebra mussels, new species of Silver Carp, and Eurasian Watermilfoil as typical examples of invasive species in the park, which make headache in Mississippi and Minnesota River. Until a stable balance is reached, healthy and balanced ecosystem keep this balance through several limiting factors, which can restrict and regulate the size or range of species such as natural climate, geography, presence or absence of predators. However, these invasive species are accidentally

From all the plants at Kit Carson, I have found one native invasive species I found, is known as the Brazilian Pepper plant. This plant is a native evergreen shrub. The plants has red edible berries, while the leaves have a soft fuzzy texture. This plant widely infiltrated throughout Florida, Hawaii, Bermuda, Bahamas, and recently California. This plant spreads because of the small animals that eat there berries and disperse the seeds throughout the area. This plants spreads rapidly which cause threats to natural vegetation and the organisms that feast of of that vegetation. What makes it even worse is that it is a salt tolerant plant, able to withstands floods, fires, droughts, and can sprout immediately after being cut down. It ability it

My aquatic invasive species is the water chestnut. Though it is not too common in Indiana waters, it is on the invasive species list, due to the prediction that it will quickly become a threat. It is an aquatic plant native to Eurasia. Currently, it is naturalized in North America and Australia. The states that it is most common in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, and others on the eastern coast.

Since the Earth’s birth, this is about 4.6 billions years ago animals have faced massive obstacles in sustaining life due to unforgiving environmental conditions. As a result, only few animals have survived while the other 99.9% have became extinct (Deep Time 2001). The mechanism that allowed the 0.1% to outlive the unfortunate is evolution. In a broader picture, it can be described as a change in a population’s appearance over generations. More specifically, evolution it is a change in the genetic makeup of a population over time that is a consequence of mutations, crossing over, or independent assortment. Moreover, this change brings about a positive impact in the population as seen in Finches, which evolved to have stronger beaks in response to harder foods (Yoon 2007). The spread of stronger beaked finches was a product of natural selection; a process by which better-adapted animals survive to produce offspring, while other animals lacking certain advantages will not

Invasive Species have caused great problems throughout the years to the environment and also to the people. Getting rid of them are also a challenge. There are three basic methods: Manual, biological, and chemical. One method may be an easier choice than the other depending on what type of invasive species you are dealing with or what gender you are.

A steward is someone who manages someone else’s property, possessions, or financial affairs. We have the responsibility to be good stewards of God’s earth. All creation has a place and an order made by God, and we should keep it that way. This includes keeping invasive and exotic species from causing other species to go extinct. As a Christian, one of the easiest things I can do to help stop the spread of invasive species is pray. I can pray for the people that are figuring out ways to stop it. I can pray that others would help in the fight against invasive species. And I most definitely can pray that the invasive species would just stop spreading. As Christians, God told us to rule over every living creature. That means that it’s our job to

Are Invasive Species good for us and the environment? No, they are not, Invasive Species may cause many damages not only including the environment but also us. This essay will argue that humans need to take action to solve the problem because Invasive Species cause miserable endings. If humans don’t do something about Invasive Species, we can all be in danger. According to environmentalscience.org, “Some are transported to new places and established intentionally, but with unforeseen consequences” (Hill 2018).

Invasive species can take advantage of new areas because there is a lack of predators or parasites to

Invasive species devastate the agricultural community. Specifically, for the state of Florida, citrus greening has been destructive in the growing, production, and harvesting of the citrus industry. On average, invasive species across our country costs the US $137 billion and Florida's agriculture industry alone $200 million annually. The importance of this issue is the invasive species, Asian citrus psyllid, has no cure and it's been found in every country in Florida that has citrus production. Once the invasive species injects the leaves with their toxin, you can't save the tree. This disease, which has been in Florida since 2005, has tremendously affected the high level