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  2. Human impact on marine life - Wikipedia

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    Invasive species can take over once occupied areas, facilitate the spread of new diseases, introduce new genetic material, alter underwater seascapes, and jeopardize the ability of native species to obtain food. Invasive species are responsible for about $138 billion annually in lost revenue and management costs in the US alone. [23]

  3. Invasive species - Wikipedia

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    An invasive species is an introduced species ... is considered one of the world's worst invasive species ... Economics plays a major role in exotic species ...

  4. Study documents extinction threats to world's freshwater species

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    The key threats identified to species were pollution, overfishing, agriculture and invasive species, particularly the Nile perch and water hyacinth. Lake Titicaca is situated on the border between ...

  5. Marine pollution - Wikipedia

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    Invasive species can take over once occupied areas, facilitate the spread of new diseases, introduce new genetic material, alter underwater seascapes, and jeopardize the ability of native species to obtain food. Invasive species are responsible for about $138 billion annually in lost revenue and management costs in the US alone. [24]

  6. Out-of-control invasive species has met its match: Cute and ...

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    A sea otter eyes its lunch, one of two invasive European green crabs it was able to retrieve underwater. Photo taken in 2011 in Moss Landing, CA. Green crabs are originally from Europe and arrived ...

  7. At least 20 new species identified in recently discovered ...

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    Scientists have identified several new marine species in a pristine underwater ecosystem recently discovered in international waters -- and they expect to find more. Modern technology that allows ...

  8. Invasibility - Wikipedia

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    Invasive species are only considered invasive if they are able to survive and sustain themselves in their new environment. [1] A habitat and the environment around it has natural flaws that make them vulnerable to invasive species. [1] The level of vulnerability of a habitat to invasions from outside species is defined as its invasibility.

  9. ‘Armored’ creature found lurking in underwater caves of ...

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    The animal’s coloring helped it blend in with underwater caves and rocky outcroppings — but not well enough. ... The new species has so far only been found in the main channel of the Xingu ...