Monday, October 17, 2011

Week #5: Aquatic Biodiversity (week #1 of 2nd 6 wks)

Scholars,

This week we are discussing aquatic diversity. One of the major impacts that can affect biodiversity of an aquatic ecosystem are Invasive Species. For this weeks post I want you to find a news article discussing an invasive species that has infected an area and post the link (url) to that article.

Happy Hunting

Mr. D
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25 comments:

  1. Gabby RosencrantsOctober 18, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Gabby Rosencrants
    AP Earth Period Four

    A vine called Kudzu, first discovered in the early 1800’s, has been an invasive species all over Japan for over two centuries. Kudzu is a climbing vine with the capacity to reach up to 100 feet in length, and accompany pretty purple flowers. I found it quite interesting that these were an invasive species because when I lived on Okinawa, I actually saw them everywhere. They are also invasive to America, covering over two million acres of forest land in the South. These vines will grow over anything, which damage buildings, eventually kill other plants, uproot trees, and break branches. They are estimated to grow on foot per day once established.
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Kudzu_on_trees_in_Atlanta%2C_Georgia.jpg

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  2. summerdrumOctober 19, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    Here's an article about invasive lionfish, which we mentioned in class.
    http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/04/invasive-lionfish-attacks-reefs-.html
    -Summer
    APES 4th

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  3. Bridgett BrownOctober 19, 2011 at 3:58 PM

    http://www.usna.usda.gov/Gardens/invasives.html
    -Bridgett Brown APES 3rd Period

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  4. Alyssa WadeOctober 20, 2011 at 3:52 PM

    http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/snakehead/overview.php

    The Northern Snakehead is an invasive specices brought in from Southeast Asia and are a problem from the US because they are over-populated and have no natural enemies which only increases their numbers. They can survive four days out of water and are a top-level predator that eat fish, plants, etc.

    Alyssa Wade
    APES 4th

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  5. ColbyOctober 20, 2011 at 8:06 PM

    http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/13/on-our-radar-invasive-carp-reach-north-dakota/?ref=invasivespecies

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  6. ToriSOctober 21, 2011 at 2:56 AM

    English Ivy

    http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/node/948

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  7. treeman1234October 21, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    http://www.dfg.ca.gov/invasives/mudsnail/

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  8. Troy SmithOctober 23, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    Lionfish:
    http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/22/science/1248069362582/an-exotic-predator-threatens-the-keys.html?ref=invasivespecies

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  9. myrandafOctober 23, 2011 at 5:33 PM

    This article is about the different invasive plants in North Carolina.

    http://www.ncsu.edu/goingnative/whygo/invspec.html

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  10. AnonymousOctober 23, 2011 at 7:01 PM

    JT said... http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-10-22/features/bs-ae-wavyleaf-basketgrass-20111021-32_1_invasive-species-seeds-wavyleaf-basketgrass

    -JT 4th p

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  11. Crissa AllenOctober 24, 2011 at 3:54 PM

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111007073214.htm

    Crissa Allen
    APES period 3

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  12. marygorryOctober 24, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    My article is about the Japanese Knotweed. http://www.in.gov/dnr/files/Japanese_Knotweed.pdf

    Mary Gorry
    APES 4.

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  13. AnonymousOctober 24, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    http://nationalatlas.gov/articles/biology/a_zm.html

    Joy Freeman<3
    APES 3rd Period

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  14. Rhiannon GrahamOctober 25, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    http://www.se-eppc.org/northcarolina/NCDOT_Invasive_Exotic_Plants.pdf

    rhiannon graham
    APES 3

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  15. Sarah HardisonOctober 25, 2011 at 8:52 PM

    http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/invasive_species/sea_lamprey.html

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  16. Anthony DudleyOctober 28, 2011 at 4:54 PM

    This article is on the northern pike invading a lake in California.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/us/12pike.html?ref=invasivespecies

    -Anthony Dudley
    APES 4th Period

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  17. AnonymousOctober 28, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    The invasive Northern Pike in California.

    "For the last decade, the state of California has waged a Sisyphean battle against the northern pike, a fish and a voracious eating machine. In the mid-1990s, when pike were first found in Lake Davis, a Sierra Nevada reservoir about four miles north of here, the discovery set off a panic over the potential impact on the local trout-fishing and tourist industries as well as the possibility of the fish migrating to fragile ecosystems downstream. Since then, millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours have been spent trying to spike the pike."

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/us/12pike.html?ref=invasivespecies

    Luis Lopez

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  18. AnonymousOctober 29, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012807325.html

    Taylor Blackmon
    APES 4th Period

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  19. IshmaelOctober 31, 2011 at 9:54 PM

    http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/ais/rustycrayfish_invader

    Joshua Beason
    3rd Block APES

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  20. Kiari FieldsNovember 1, 2011 at 10:04 PM

    kiari fields
    this article is about to ox eye daisy

    http://www.cirrusimage.com/flower_ox-eye_daisy.htm

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  21. Justin DavisNovember 3, 2011 at 8:17 PM

    This article is about the Eurasian Watermilfoil.

    http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/aquaticplants/milfoil/index.html

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  22. Gabriel AquinoNovember 6, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    http://savethefrogs.com/threats/invasive-species.html


    Gabriel Aquino
    4th pd apes

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  23. A.ChumpitazNovember 17, 2011 at 7:56 AM

    http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20110213/news/799999463/
    - Alice Chumpitaz
    3rd period

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  24. RoseNovember 20, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111024084230.htm

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  25. RoseNovember 20, 2011 at 9:06 PM

    http://www.esasuccess.org/reports/

    A graph of how the gray whales have come back to be.

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