Invasive Species

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Invasive Species of the Chesapeake Bay
Mark Melmed Section61
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The Past Problem
The mute swan as shown here is one of the major
invasive species. It is hard to remove because
you have to remove them as eggs and that is a
very hard job.

• In the past plants and animals were brought over
  for specific reasons and sometimes they got
  loose.
• Animals on the loose.
• Plants

This is a plant invasive species it was probably
planted instead of released.
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Whats Happening Right Now?

• Right now the invasive species are eating all
  of the prey without a predator.
• Ruining the ecosystem
• Destroying native plants and animals
• Technology

Again this is a plant invasive species and like
many others this was probably grown to look good
but grew to much and is taking all of the energy
from all of the other plants.
This is a plant invasive specie and its very
popular in the united states.
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The Data

• The data here shows the food habits and the
  population of the Mute Swan.
• Food habits
• Population

This graph shows the food that the mute swan eats
in this area.
This shows the population of the Mute Swan and
how that it has increased.
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Conclusions

• My conclusions to my research and the data are
  that invasive species are a huge problem and
  everybody needs to help if we want to see the
  regular animals and plants.
• Less organisms
• Dead ecosystems
• Taking them out

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Solutions/Recommendations
Im bbbad!!

• People could walk down to a nearby lake, pond, or
  stream and just pull up some of the invasive
  plants. Professionals could do the more serious
  stuff like removing live wildlife, eggs, and
  dangerous plants.
• Removal
• Promoting clean-up
• Plant native.

This is a rapa whelk an invasive specie.
These are Mute swans they are a threat to the
environment and are hard to be taken out of the
bay.
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My Personal Action
Weeds and animals

• My personal action would be to go down to Rock
  Creek stream and pull up some of the invasive
  plants that I come across. I would put them in a
  trash bag and then they would be disposed of
  properly. This way more native plants can be
  planted.
• Everybody helping

Invasive plants take up all the energy killing
all the other plants.
Actual marine life is harder to move so its
easier to just remove the easily pull able plants.
This may look native it is also an unwanted
invader.
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Bibliography
Invasive Species, retrieved September from the
World Wide Web http//chesapeake.usgs.gov/invspec
.html Invasive Species, retrieved September
from the world wide Web http//www.livingclassroo
ms.org/lbo/species/index.html Invasive species
in the Chesapeake Bay, retrieved October from
the World Wide Web http//www.mdsg.umd.edu/issues
/restoration/non-natives/workshop/ Animals and
Plants, retrieved October from the World Wide
Web http//www.chesapeakebay.net/index.cfm
You never know where I am!