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The Illinois List of Endangered and Threatened Species is reviewed about every five years by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board (ESPB). [1] To date it has evaluated only plants and animals of the US state of Illinois, not fungi, algae, or other forms of life; species that occur in Illinois which are listed as endangered or threatened by the U.S. federal government under the ...
This is a list of invasive species in North America.A species is regarded as invasive if it has been introduced by human action to a location, area, or region where it did not previously occur naturally (i.e., is not a native species), becomes capable of establishing a breeding population in the new location without further intervention by humans, and becomes a pest in the new location ...
The economic impacts of invasive species can be difficult to estimate especially when an invasive species does not affect economically important native species. This is partly because of the difficulty in determining the non-use value of native habitats damaged by invasive species and incomplete knowledge of the effects of all of the invasive species present in the U.S. Estimates for the ...
The American paddlefish (Polyodon spathula), also known as a Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-billed cat, or spoonbill, is a species of ray-finned fish. It is the last living species of paddlefish (Polyodontidae). This family is most closely related to the sturgeons; together they make up the order Acipenseriformes, which are one of the most ...
Here’s the top ten: Zebra mussels – mollusks introduced via ballast water. Quagga mussels – mollusks introduced via ballast water. Alewives – fish that came through canals. Sea lamprey ...
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant is a collaboration between the University of Illinois and Purdue University, and focuses on education, research, and outreach efforts in the southern Lake Michigan region - an area of approximately 104 miles of shoreline contained in the two states. Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant began in April 1982, as a joint venture ...
American mink. The American mink (Neogale vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human introduction has expanded its range to many parts of Europe, Asia, and South America. Because of range expansion, the American mink is classed as a least-concern species by the IUCN. [1]
Didemnum vexillum is a species of colonial tunicate in the family Didemnidae. It is commonly called sea vomit, [2] marine vomit, [3] pancake batter tunicate, [4] or carpet sea squirt. [5] It is thought to be native to Japan, but it has been reported as an invasive species in a number of places in Europe, North America and New Zealand.