NON NATIVE AQUATIC SPECIES

BIODIVERSITY

• It's important because the more plants there are the more animals will be able to live.

NON NATIVE AQUATIC SPECIES

• Invasive species are one of the leading threats to native wildlife.
• Don't have that many natural predators so they can take over the area.
• Preying on a native species

SPECIFIC SPECIES

• Grass carp
• There herbivores feeding can dramatically reduce aquatic species like plants.
• Interference with the reproduction with all fish.

Prevent/fix
Don't release any live fish into lakes or rivers because you don't know if they are non native species and they could eat all the fish that are important to the ecosystem.

CITES

• https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Invasive-Species.aspx http://enviroliteracy.org/ecosystems/drivers-of-biodiversity-loss/non-nativ... http://marinebio.org/oceans/alien-species/ http://www.marbef.org/wiki/non-native_species_invasions