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Ballast Water and Zebra Mussels

Ballast Water and Zebra Mussels. Intruder Alert Activity. Ballast Water. Taking in organisms from other ecosystems and transporting them to new ones Only the toughest survive the journey Incredibly hard to remove once they are introduced

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Ballast Water and Zebra Mussels

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  1. Ballast Water and Zebra Mussels Intruder Alert Activity

  2. Ballast Water • Taking in organisms from other ecosystems and transporting them to new ones • Only the toughest survive the journey • Incredibly hard to remove once they are introduced • A new to balance ships could be the next great invention. • Any Ideas?

  3. Factors of the environment Biotic Abiotic • Organisms that species might interact with • Birds • Plants • Fish • Crustaceans • Non-living factors that the species will interact with • Nutrient availability • Hard surfaces available • Amount of coastline available

  4. Niche • All of the physical and biological conditions the organism lives with, and the way the organism manipulates those conditions. • Types of food • How it obtains food • Which other organisms use the species for food • Zebra Mussels Wow! Those are all Zebra Mussels!

  5. Community Interaction • Competition • Resources the organism has available to it • Competitive Exclusion Principle • What kind of species would be conflicting with Zebra Mussels? • Can you identify that species? • Predation • What kind of food is available to Zebra Mussels • How do they eat it?

  6. Community Interaction (cont.) • Symbiosis • Mutualism – both species benefit from a relationship • Commensalism – one species benefits but the other is not harmed • Parasitism – one organism lives on or inside another organism and harms it. • Is there an example for each one of these when it comes to Zebra Mussels?

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