ApocaDocs: Voracious goby extends its range to deeper water, threatening Great Lakes, scientists say

About:
[The Project]
[The ApocaDocs]
[Equal Share]

The Six Scenarios:
[Species Collapse]
[Infectious Disease]
[Climate Chaos]
[Resource Depletion]
[Biology Breach]
[Recovery]

Explore:

Play:

It's weekly, funny, and free!

SEARCH

A great gift
for crisis deniers!

Humoring the Horror of the
Converging Emergencies
94 color pages
~~$24.99~~ now $15!
Or read FREE online!

Ping this story
in social media:
del.icio.us
Digg
Newsvine
NowPublic
Reddit
Facebook
StumbleUpon

Posted Wed Apr 15 2009: from Grand Rapids Press:


	Voracious goby extends its range to deeper water, threatening Great Lakes, scientists say http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239812256 A half-century after alewives disrupted Great Lakes fisheries and trashed beaches, another invasive fish is engaged in a biological conquest of the world's largest freshwater ecosystem. The round goby is taking over large swaths of the Great Lakes and their connecting waters, according to scientists studying the invader. Gobies breed like rabbits and eat like pigs, causing profound changes at the base of a food chain that supports the Great Lakes $7 billion sport and commercial fisheries. New research conducted in Green Bay, Wis., found that gobies were hogging tiny aquatic organisms that other fish species need to survive.

[Read more stories about: invasive species, water issues]
This item will appear in our PANIQuiz!

New!:

Your Quips:
Frank says: "Go be livin' on some other earth. All your base belong to us."

Got a PaniQuip?

We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

'Doc Michael says:

Gobies hog like humans!