EVSC 1200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Minimum Viable Population, Gatun Lake, Peacock Bass
18 Feb 2016
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Globally about half of the forest that was present under modern (post-pleistocene) climatic conditions, and before the spreak of uman influence, has disappeared. Largerly throught the impact of human activities: biggest affect is from agricultural uses. Ex: tropical rainforests cover some 7% of total land area and are home to approximately. Biodiversity hot spots sources of endemic species that are also at high diversity. These areas are at risk for the most changes in biodiversity due to habitat destruction. Alien species those species that are not indigenous to a specific area. Ex: peacock bass native to the amazon-oronoco watershed in south america. The peacock bass was introduced to the gatun lake, panama in 1967. Food webs representing the common species in the gatun lake community both before and after the introduction of peacock bass (m). The smaller fish was the dominant food source for birds and predatory fish in the area
