Friday, 3 October 2014

Stowaway species threaten biodiversity

FLORA AND FAUNA
Stowaway species threaten biodiversity
Paris (AFP) Oct 03, 2014 - In the early 1980s, the North American comb jellyfish quit its Atlantic home, hid away in the belly of a cargo ship and headed for the Black Sea. By just over a decade later, its descendants had decimated the anchovy population in their new surroundings - a jellyfish heaven with unlimited food in the eggs and young of other fish... and not a natural predator in sight. Invasive hitchhike ... more


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