Today we discussed population, species, and population cycles.
Homework: bioinvaders
Find 1-2 bioinvaders on the planet. Be prepared to share where on the planet they are found, AND what species they affect.
You may NOT use:
- asian longhorn beetle
- zebra mussels
- sus scrofa
what are some websites to find bioinvaders?
ReplyDeleteTrying using an internet search engine by looking for bioinvaders in different geographic biomes. Marine bioinvasion may be the best category to start with.
ReplyDeleteDo we have to write down the website we got the information from?
ReplyDeleteI found lots of info at www.waterencyclopedia.com
ReplyDeleteIt is always handy to write down the website. A good practice. Perhaps considering emailing the assignment and the website to your self that way you always have it recorded...
ReplyDeleteThe bio invader I chose was the Chinese Mitten Crab. It is native to East Asia but has moved to the waters of Europe and America. It affects most of the aquatic animals that are herbivores and omnivores because they have breed so fast and are eating alot of the plant life
ReplyDeletehttp://marinelife.about.com/od/marinelifeprofiles/p/mittencrab.htm
I chose the Emerald Ash Beetle. It is native to eastern Russia, northern China, Japan and Korea. They never found a Emerald Ah Beetle in North America until June 2002. The Emerald Ash Beetle eats ash tree's and kills the tree. The ash tree is used for making furniture so they cant make as much furniture when they kill so many trees.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.emeraldashborer.info/faq.cfm#sthash.SAIciaEN.C4l53TPB.dpbs
Kendall 7A
I chose the kudzu vine it is from china and has recently been found in Leamington, Ontario the plant was broth to north America in 1876.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants-terrestrial/kudzu/
I chose the Kudzu Vine too! It can grow on any fixed object and it can grow 30 cm a day and up to 30 metres a season
Deletewww.jjanthony.com/kudzu/
And
http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants-terrestrial/kudzu/
adding to daniels point, the kudzu vine originated in china but moved to the united states
DeleteI chose the Sri Lankan weevil it is from Sri Lankan and was brought to florida in 2000.The larva feed on the roots and the adults eat the leaves. The plants it eats are citrus,cotton,sweet potato,fig,loquat,plum and mango's.
ReplyDeletehttp://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tropicalfruits/msg1008105212175.html
i chose the steyla clava, it is found of the coast of Denmark, and near Japan, also around Siberia. It affects ecosystems by causing disease.
ReplyDeleteI chose the European green crab(Carcinus Maenas). They species invaded the Atlantic Coast of the United States. These crabs consume shell fish at a rate where it can not reproduce fast enough.
ReplyDeletefrom a few other students...
ReplyDeleteEmerald ash bore beetle: the emerald ash beetle is a species of beetles that kill’s ash trees bye eating the inside of the ash tree. Ash beetles were brought to eastern North America in 2002 and quickly spread through Detroit, Michigan, and in Ontario.
http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/26856.pdf
MW
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For this assignment I choose the Gypsy moth. The moth originally comes from Europe but now calls Ontario and Quebec it's home. The gypsy moth eats over 300 native plants including crops like blueberries and hazelnuts. It threatens anything that relies on the native plants.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/10-invasive-species-threatening-canadian-habitats-1.950951
Picture:
http://www.yellowfarmhousegarden.com/?p=1571
- charlotte m
The Kudzu vine was first presented as a way to control erosion, only to be spread across the US and cause havoc, such as pulling down trees and powerlines. This happened ecause Kudzu was so well suited to its new environment. This is why Kudzu is an invasive species(Aka bioinvader)
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http://books.google.ca/books?id=eKDrXqBpnYoC&pg=PA512&lpg=PA512&dq=kudzu+vine+bioinvader&source=bl&ots=KtbmW3UslA&sig=ppMhFZaRmLSDZDnF66pMNVef5QY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QpxhUqKVDq_8yAG_0ICgCw&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=kudzu%20vine%20bioinvader&f=false
-Nathan
I chose the Sea Lamprey which can be found in most temperate regions except Africa. Also found in the Great Lakes, the sea lamprey has decreased the population of many fish like trout.
ReplyDelete-http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sea_lamprey
ReplyDeleteSalvina Molesta is an aquatic plant found in South American waterways. It was imported to Arizona for private ponds but it spread like crazy. It kills all aquatic life nearby, by growing large mats on the surface, blocking all sunlight and oxygen. Under the right circumstances it can double its mass in 1 week!
ReplyDeleteWebsite:
http://eebweb.arizona.edu/faculty/Bonine/bioinvaders_ASDM.pdf
-Douglas Byers
The bioinvader that I chose was the African snail. It is located in East Africa, specifically in Kenya and Tanzania. This species impacts the ecosystems of native snails by altering their food chain (they grow and spread very quickly). It can also impact humans because they carry parasites that can be passed to people when eating improperly cooked snails.
ReplyDeletewebsite: http://eppserver.ag.utk.edu/invasive-species-site/giant-african-snail.sntml
- John Kosmopoulos 7B
The bioinvader i chose, was the Purple Loosestrife. It was born in Europe and Asia, but in the 19th century, it was brought to North America! It has become a serious invader to wetlands, roadsides, and agriculture. It defaces land and water through-out the USA and Canada.
ReplyDeleteWebsites: http://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants-terrestrial/purple-loosestrife/
The bioinvader i chose was the Styela Clava.It can be found in Southern Siberia, Japan and Koreas east coast, and Denmark. Species that are affected by it include Danish Cod, Mussels, and Oysters.
ReplyDeleteMy bioinvader is the racoon round worm. This devistating parasite is from South Amarica and now infects many racoons in U.S.A. and some in Canada. It does not harm the racoons but lays eggs in its poo and any animal that eats the eggs will evenchualy die. Humans can also be efected but it is not as seaver.
ReplyDeleteMy reaserch is from a documentary show called Monsters Inside Me.
my bio invader is the Japanese shore crab. it came from japan to the new jersy coastline where it promptly wreaked havoc on the eco system by eating all of the producers and crowding out local marine life. the crab has almost no predators so getting it out of the ecosystem will be hard
ReplyDeleteMy bio invader is the Norway Rat. It came from southern china to Canada and the US. The norway rat could spread diseases, eat farmer's crops, they poop on stored food which contaminates it (makes it unsafe to eat) , cause fires when they chew on wires or matches, and they have caused flooding by tunnelling through dams.
ReplyDeleteThe bio invader I did is the Japanese shore crab. It was home to Japan but now it's new habitat is America. The species of crab ranges from Boston to north Carolina and is heading farther north. The Japanese shore crab is an invasive species because of over population.
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Al P
ReplyDeleteI chose the purple loosestrife. It effects grasslands, it grows in ditches, as well as irrigation canals and marshes and recently pastures and Copland
It chokes out native plants that are home to birds, fish, animals. It chokes out the plants that feed the fish, birds and animals, and chokes the plants that they use to raise their young.
For my bioinvaders I chose the purple loosestrife. the purple loosestrife was found in Europe and Asia but soon came to north America. It mostly effects the plant life in wetlands, roadside, and disturbed areas.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.invadingspecies.com/invaders/plants-terrestrial/purple-loosestrife/
Another bioinvader is the kudzu vine it mostly lives in japan and china but can also live in southeastern united states. It mostly effects trees by taking there sunlight and the kudzu vine can grow over and object.
http://www.jjanthony.com/kudzu/ by: Lauren Polak 7B
Emerald ash bore beetle: the emerald ash beetle is a species of beetles that kill’s ash trees bye eating the inside of the ash tree. Ash beetles were brought to eastern North America in 2002 and quickly spread through Detroit, Michigan, and in Ontario.
ReplyDeleteWebsite used:
http://cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/pubwarehouse/pdfs/26856.pdf
Lamprey eel: the lamprey eel is a cylinder shape with sharp teeth all over its mouth. It eats native fish to the great lake and is a blood-sucking pest that is rare to find but very painful if one is to bight you.
Website used: http://www.greatcanadianlakes.com/ontario/lake_ontario/eco_page4