BIOL 1070 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Zebra Mussel, Quagga Mussel, Glochidium
Document Summary
Understand the concept and importance of biological diversity and how it can be affected by invasive species: the zebra mussels and other invasive species provide economical problems. For example, the zebra mussel can attach to almost any solid such as boats, industrial equipment (can clog pipes). Overall, removing the mussels can cost billions of dollars: native species are threatened by invasive species and even pollution o. Variables relevant to explain the biodiversity of mussels in the great lakes: ability of mussels to disperse, movement of cargo ships from europe, chemical composition from agriculture run off, fishing activities by commercial and sport fishers. Evolution is the descent with modification from common ancestors. Biodiversity is the variation of species, genes and ecosystems shaped by evolution. Ecology: the study of interrelationships between organisms and both living (biotic) and non living (abiotic) components of their environment. Peer-reviewed primary literature is the most standard mean.
