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All right, so this question is asking about aquatic invasive species.
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And so the first part, we're looking at what is the most important issue regarding the nature of invasive species, particularly non -native aquatic species.
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And so just to start off, one thing, or i guess a few things that make invasive species good at being invasive species is that they are habitat and diet generalists.
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So they can live in a wide range of environments and they can eat a wide range of things.
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So that's one thing.
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And then another thing, they reproduce quickly and they have high fecundity, which means they produce a large number of offspring and they also don't have many predators in the areas that they're invading.
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So once they get to an area that is good, they can eat just about anything there and they can live just about anywhere in that new environment and they can reproduce quickly without native predators decreasing their population.
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And so that is one of the most i guess i would say important issues surrounding aquatic invasive species is that once they get a foothold in their new environment, they really take off because they are so good at being invaders.
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And so the second question, we're looking at possible alternatives.
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I guess this means like solutions to combating aquatic invasive species.
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And why are some alternatives just not possible or effective? and so i guess if we can look at a case study for this question, when i think of aquatic invasive species, i think of zebra mussels in the great lakes region of the united states.
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And so we'll just write that here, zebra muscles.
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And so zebra mussels have all of us...