GEOG 2EI3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Vancouver Island Marmot, Asian Carp, Invasive Species
8 Mar 2018
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Slide 7: what are endemic species: species that are found nowhere else on earth, canada, 1-5, australia, 68% Sl)de (cid:890): canada"s record on protect)ng )ts b)od)vers)ty: federal, provinces, and territories put in place an outcome-based plan (2006, plan do track assess (repeat, problem: tracking and assessing are easier said than done. Slide 9: biodiversity in canada: estimates of ~140,000 species in canada. Since (cid:883)(cid:891)(cid:889)(cid:882)s" in bc this alien plant entered these lakes in bc: turned down the touring in bc (cid:523)b/c ppl couldn"t use the lake(cid:524, hard to practice activities (e. g. fishing, boating, swimming) Slide 12: okanagan valley, 2011: attempt to try to control invasion instead of stopping it, had to get boaters to clean out the lakes. Slide 13: asian carp: fishes eat all the plant species in lake erie, leaving no food behind for other fishes in the lake, had to get rid of the carp and gov"n controlled/intervened.
