Aquatic invasive species cause damage worth billions of dollars
E-Mail IMAGE: The comb jellyfish Mnemiopsis leidyi originates from the American east coast. It was introduced into the Black Sea in the early 1980s. As a result, anchovy stocks there declined drastically.... view more Credit: Cornelia Jaspers, GEOMAR/DTU Aqua The global movement of goods and people, in its modern form, has many unwanted side effects. One of these is that animal and plant species travel around the world with it. Often they fail to establish themselves in the ecosystems of the destination areas. Sometimes, however, due to a lack of effective management, they multipl...
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