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The Zebra Mussel, Dreissena Polymorpha, is actively affecting the ecosystem by filtering out tons of water and clearing it of plankton that reside in it. By doing this the mussel not only helps the water clarity but it also harms secondary consumers because the small fish that depend on the plankton will starve, causing a large chain reaction down the food cahin.

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The Hemidactylus Tercicus is considered an invasive species and bring a negative impact to our environment because of their strong resistance to pesticides which allows them to reproduce more because not as many of them are dying off. Due to their steady population, house geckos are able to take other animals resources

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My invasive species (tilapia) negatively impacts the ecosystem by competing against weaker organisms for food. The wide range of  food choices that it has allows it to survive in many different ecosystems. Tilapia also likes to burrow into the ground underwater, making the water cloudy and reducing sunlight for underwater plants that depend on photosynthesis to survive. The tilapias fast reproduction rates and hearty nature allowed it to become invasive.

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One way my the nutria impacts its ecosystem negatively is by burrowing into the edge of rivers and lakes which causes erosion and mudslides.

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The Cactus Moth negatively impacts the ecosystem by being a top predator to the prickly-pear-cacti by destroying its population rapidly, making all the other organisms in the ecosystem deprive and lose their purpose. Some organisms use this as a food source or shelter, in which they compete.

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The Asian clam, is considered to be an invasive species and impacts the environment negatively  because of its overpopulation and ability to reproduce large numbers of larvae. The over-population of the Asian clam leads to a large consumption of phytoplankton, the Asian clams' main source of energy. However, phytoplankton also happens to be the main source of energy for most the organisms in the water. The large consuption of phytoplankton from the Asian clam lead to lack of food and scarce resources for other organisms.

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The house gecko has a large population due to its ability to reproduce at such a rapid rate. Also because it is able to hide from its predators in our buildings and homes. Because of their large population the consume the foods and occupy the niches of other species. Eventually killing them off, which negatively affects the environment by disrupting the food chain/web.

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The tropical soda apple drives most animal life away because of its poisonous seeds and sharp thorns. Although its poisonous, few animals do eat them and then spread the seeds by excreting them. This allows the shrub to grow in other areas and drive away more animals

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The nutria negatively impact out ecosystem due to the fact that they consume an abundant amount of roots from trees and plants which leads to erosion and riverbanks collapsing. This in terms kills some of the organisms living near those banks and strip them of their home. The nutria also eat up a lot of the marsh grasses and other plants that reside in the same ecosystem as the nutria which deprives the other animals and insects or their food source of food.

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The nutria affects the ecosystem negatively by burrowing edges of lakes and rivers. This affects the environment and causes the land to have erosion or landslides.  The nutria also consumes large amounts of plant life, this causes other species to not have any food and die.

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The red lion fish is an invasive species to the Atlantic. They negatively impact the Atlantic because they feed on all of the small fish such as the grouper fish. They are stealing the food from other fish. In the Atlantic there are little to no predators for the Red lion fish. So they continue to spread and harm the environment.

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One way the Rasberry Crazy Ant negatively affects the environment and ecosystem, is that they breed very fast causing overpopulation of the species, making it hard for other organisms in the same habitat to compete for resources such as food, water and shelter.

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Crested Floating Hearts are a detriment to aquatic ecosystems by outcompeting other plants. The floating leaves of the flower block the surface of the water, leading to a decrease in other plant sources that cannot absorb enough sunlight. Consumers such as frogs and insects lose their source of energy and consequently die off because they cannot consume Crested Floating Hearts. The flower also reduces the quality of the water when it is decomposed, as the algae fills the water with the harmful chemicals found inside Crested Floating Hearts. This leads to an entire ecosystem dying out and leaving only this flower alive.

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The Zebra Mussels negatively affects the population by filtering a liter of water everyday so that it is able to consume the plankton thus harming other secondary consumers that also do the same.

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The Asian clam is an invasive species because they negatively impact the environment in which other animals live. The clam, not native to the U.S, doesn't have many natural predators to control the population of the clam. This results in over population of the clam. The asian clam eats mainly plankton and phytoplankton, with the number of the clam being so high, the amount of phytoplankton present in the waters for other animals to consume are depleted. The asian clam once finished with the feeding process excretes nitrogen which stimulates algae blooms, which can impact the other animals.

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One way that the Crested floating heart effects the ecosystem is being compteing for sulight and block other plants.

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The Gypsy Moth are preditor to the leaves and trees because they ae always eating the leaves on the tree, even though the gypsy moth and the tree interpret sometimes they always hurt each other. because the branches might hurt the gypsy moths eggs

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The feral pig is considered invasive because not only does it cause property damage but it carries these diseases on its body which spread onto other plants and animals. As a result of their spread of disease, plant life especially is affected, leaving less and less food for the competition around it.

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The tilapia fish is an invasive species because the wide variety of life in its ecosystem allows them to feed on many of the other fish causing them to die off and the tilapia fish to increase in numbers making them invasive.

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The Red Lionfish has a negative affect on the ecosystem due to the simple fact that it has little to no predators. So there really isn't a specific food chain. The Red lionfish is invasive because it is such a vicious animal that can secrete poison into anything that tries to prey on it.  Because the Lionfish has little predators the number for fish will continue to grow.

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The gypsy moth are a invasive species of the leaves which was eating almost the leaves in the tree. Gypsy Moth destroyed the tree and their population are growing fast, so the population cannot control, affect to the ecosystem.

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The tropical soda apple infects grass pastures and reproduces at an alarming rate. It uses resources that other plants and animals need. It's needles drive many animals away and prevent them from migrating or feeding in certain areas.

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The Feral Pigs consume almost anything, from native plants to animals, causing other species who need specific resources to have a decline in food sources. This causes native species diversity to die off as they do not have enough food to survive off on. Eventually, the Feral Pigs population will increase, since it lacks a large amount predators to control its population growth due to its parasitic infected bodies

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Giant Hogweeds negatively impact the ecosystem through competition. They compete for sunlight with smaller plants. Since they are so tall they deprive the smaller plants from sunlight.

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The Cactus Moth deprives the other organisms of a main food source, the prickly-pear-cactus, by rapidly consuming the cacti before any other organism has a chance to eat it, thus severely decreasing the population of other animals and the cacti population in its ecosystem.

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Giant Hogweeds is a highly competitive and aggressive plant . Giant Hogweeds grow immensely taller than any other plants in the ecosystem which deprives the these plants from sunlight. Also, they're flowers can contain from 20,000 seeds to 70,000 seeds meaning they can repopulate quicker than other plants. They innately have a resilient  nature which is beneficial for them while, being harmful to the ecosystem by making the plant live a long lifespan.