BIO 227 Lecture 15: BIO 227 Lecture 15
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How do exotic species get introduced: by accident. Ballast water: new guinea flatworm purple loosestrife, single plant may produce up to 2. 7 million tiny seeds annually zebra mussels, encrusting a native freshwater mussel, encrusting water inflow pipe, damselfly larva, and crayfish, intentional introductions. German brown trout in sierra nevada ate mountain yellow legged frog tadpoles. Cane toad introduced from south america to australia and u. s. to control crop insects. Acclimatization societies: animals brought from back home , ex. European rabbits at australian water hole in the 1880s.
