invasive species
Amber Stout
Pd. 6
Invasive Species
Do you know how many invasive species there are in Hawaii? There are over hundreds and they are disrupting and damaging our ecosystem costing us millions of dollars to repair. Invasive species are a major threat to our environment and we need to stop them before they take over. Here are a few Invasive species in Hawaii. The Hypnea Musciformis (also know as Hookweed) is a reddish brown seaweed that has large hooks at the end of its branches, allowing it to attach itself to other types of seaweeds. They came to our islands by hooking itself on to boats or just floating until it is gets caught on something. They are a danger to our reefs ecosystem because they grow very fast and shades out or coral and other seaweed. They also wash ashore making the beach smelly wich atracts more flies and less people. The Biting Fly is a fly that attacks humans and animals. They are small and carry many different diseases. If biten they can inject there larvae into you casusing infection.
They are a threat to our vegetation, animals and ourselfes. They can easily “hitch hike” onto plants and cargo boats without being seen because of there small size. Freshwater stream fish are a very common invasive species. They are seen in every freshwater stream or pond. They may be small but have made a very big impact on the
resevoir ecosystems. The invasive fish are eating all the food and reproducing quickly causing The endemic stream fish population to start to decline while the invasive fishes population rises. They are taking over the streams and killing the endemic fish. These are just three out of hundreds of invasive species in hawaii. All of them are disrupting our ecosystems and killing off the native plants and animals. Soon there is gonna be more invasive species than native. We need to stop this before there is no more native plants or animals.
Pd. 6
Invasive Species
Do you know how many invasive species there are in Hawaii? There are over hundreds and they are disrupting and damaging our ecosystem costing us millions of dollars to repair. Invasive species are a major threat to our environment and we need to stop them before they take over. Here are a few Invasive species in Hawaii. The Hypnea Musciformis (also know as Hookweed) is a reddish brown seaweed that has large hooks at the end of its branches, allowing it to attach itself to other types of seaweeds. They came to our islands by hooking itself on to boats or just floating until it is gets caught on something. They are a danger to our reefs ecosystem because they grow very fast and shades out or coral and other seaweed. They also wash ashore making the beach smelly wich atracts more flies and less people. The Biting Fly is a fly that attacks humans and animals. They are small and carry many different diseases. If biten they can inject there larvae into you casusing infection.
They are a threat to our vegetation, animals and ourselfes. They can easily “hitch hike” onto plants and cargo boats without being seen because of there small size. Freshwater stream fish are a very common invasive species. They are seen in every freshwater stream or pond. They may be small but have made a very big impact on the
resevoir ecosystems. The invasive fish are eating all the food and reproducing quickly causing The endemic stream fish population to start to decline while the invasive fishes population rises. They are taking over the streams and killing the endemic fish. These are just three out of hundreds of invasive species in hawaii. All of them are disrupting our ecosystems and killing off the native plants and animals. Soon there is gonna be more invasive species than native. We need to stop this before there is no more native plants or animals.