one cause of aquatic invasives in the great lakes is probably they are introduced from somewhere else.

A lot of invasive species are released into the Great Lakes by ballast water from ships.

One of the concerns with invasive species is that they have almost no natural predators, so they quickly spread and take over the resources.

The number of zebra mussels continued to grow, probably because they don't have many natural predators.

A causes of aquatic invasive species might be human build canals.

One huge concern of aquatic invasives is a lack in biodiversity around the globe.

over time the zebra mussel population multiplied and spread over the map a few even reaching California

A cause of aquative invasives in the great lakes are caused by human activities, mainly through ships and/or purchases for bait or aquariums. 2. One concern relating to the invasive species in the great lakes is how they are able to disrupt native species and/or food webs. 3. It appears that most zebra mussels are starting in areas surrounding the right side of the US and spreading outwards.

The cause of aqueduct species in the great lake and the fish they are after they are going to these fish and trying to get away from bigger fish in the great lakes.2.They might wipe out the other species in the great lakes.3.They are located from Memphis to Quebec and starts by Chicago and expands to Mephise and Quebec.

The cause is they get stuck cruises or big ships and bringing them into the great lakes.

They could wipe out native species or help them

Once they were removed they never came back.

The cause might be that people carry other types of plants or muscles that invade the other species.

Aquatic invasive's in the great lakes is, because they immense harm to the wildlife and people's health, and economy.

It looks like the zebra muscles are in the eastern coast area of the USA, and very few in the western US.

The cause of aquatic invasions in the great lakes is human activity, the humans bring in the animals on boats or stuff like that.

a concern of the aquatic invasive species being in the great lakes is that some of the native fishes population is decreasing.

One pattern that i see is that the zebra mussels started in the east and moved to the west.

People released the invasive species into the lakes by accident from releasing the ballast water from ships.

A concern with invasive species is that they are aggressive towards the native species and reproduce quickly.

Zebra mussels appear more on the east side of america and have started to move west.

There are ships with ballast water that released invasive species in lakes as the main cause of invasive species in the great lakes.

The main concern of aquatic invasives in great lakes is they sometimes harm native species and maybe will disrupt food webs.

They continued to grow and spread over the course of the US and barley to Canada.

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Zebra muscles because they are hamful. Ships and stuff also bring invasive species from other parts of the world

they might wipe out the native species

After people got rid of them they never came back

I think that most invasive species for the Great Lakes are from cargo ships entering the docks of the lake. Many species have entered from the ship's ballast water or canal.

A concern of the invasive species is harming native species in the lake and potentially making them extinct.

The zebra mussels are slowly reaching across the entire U.S. due to more ship trade.

The main cause of aquatic invasive animals in the great lakes is people bringing outside animals into different areas by ships.

Zebra muscles because they are hamful. Ships and stuff also bring invasive species from other parts of the world

they might wipe out the native species

After people got rid of them they never came back

People bring them from different places using boats, sometimes on purpose, and sometimes on accident.

A concern of aquatic invasive species in the great lakes is that they might attack the ecosystems that are natural and possibly destroy them.

The Zebra mussels spread over the Great Lakes more and more every year, and after a while they started spreading to the west more, even getting to California

Most invasive species were released by ocean ships into the great lakes.

One concern is that invasive species tend to be aggressive and reproduce quickly while having little predators. This makes it difficult to control the population.

A pattern I noticed is that, starting from the great lakes, the zebra mussels spread through the Mississippi river system. It also grows more and more in the places it already is in and spreads north, south, east, and west.

The largest causes of aquatic invasives in great lakes is by aquarium release or getting released by ocean ships

A concern of aquatic invasives in great lakes is that invasive species are huge drivers in worldwide biodiversity loss.

A pattern that I see with the spread of zebra mussels over time is that they continuously group together in the eastern united States, but little by little they spread to other parts of the U.S.

Some aquatic organisms entered through man made canals from the Atlantic ocean. Some were released from ocean ships. Some were purchased and released or escaped.

There is a loss in biodiversity and also adding new species to a ecosystem can destroys or damage the food web.

They spread by making there numbers way bigger in the great lakes and also move across the country even into areas like California.

Many were carried to the lake through ships purging the water out of the boat, taking some species with it.

The concern is the invasive species are harming people's health, hurt the wildlife and plants, also the economy.

From the map of zebra mussels spreading, it looks like they were carried through rivers on boats or through currents but mostly stayed where they originally came from and increasing their population around the Great lakes.

Human made things was one of the main causes of aquatic invasive species to enter the great lake for example human built canals.

The round goby were released into the lakes by an ocean boat releasing its ballast waters.

A concern is that the loss of biodiversity and also climate change.

The popularity continues to increase ad the years go by.

I think that the cause of aquatic invasive species in the great lake are from human built canals and locks. also people relese the common goldfish that people bought as pets for aquariums or as bait and then released them

the concern is that it disrupts the ecosystem and it makes other native animals die out

a pattern I notice is that they multiply a lot in the places they are already in and they are also moving west

A cause of the aquatic invasive species in the great lakes are being released from ships, going through canals, and escaping from aquariums.

A concern of the aquatic invasive species are that they can eat the other native species and they can disrupt the food web.

A pattern I saw was the zebra mussels spread consistently and quickly.

Humans brought invasive species, for example they brought Sea Lamprey by human built canals and locks.

A concern of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes is the invasive species cause immense harm. For example they cause immense harm to other wildlife, plants, economy, and peoples health.

The patterns of the zebra mussels are they started in eastern united States and would eventually reached farther in the U.S.

Most all invasive species in the great lakes are brought in by humans, by boats releasing sea water into the lakes, human built canals and locks, to even escaping from being bait for native fish.

The aquatic species were brought by accident to the great lakes by boats.

One concern is that the invasive species will take over the ecosystem and kill off other animals.

They started in the Great Lakes but quickly expanded to the rest of the eastern area and even made it to California

People bring them from different places using boats, sometimes on purpose, and sometimes by accident.

A concern of the aquatic invasive species in the great lakes is that adding species to the ecosystem can effect the food web.

They continued to grow and spread over the course of the US and barley to Canada.

Many invasive species enter the Great Lakes by the ballast water from ships.

One of the concerns with invasive species is that they don't have many, if any natural predators, so their population grows quickly, and takes over the resources.

One pattern is that the zebra mussels spread quickly over time, probably because they don't have enough predators to keep the population under control

The cause of aquatic invasive species is that people from different places or biomes come and bring their supplies and on or in the supplies there could be a invasive species. This could be on purpose or on mistake.

The consern of the aquatic invasive species in the great lake is that the invasive species could kill off the other native animals.

The spread of zebra mussels appear in the places that humans sail and they spread because they are growing on the bottom of ships and spread once that land and start to grow.

One way of how invasive species could be brought to the great lakes is by the species being carried along on ocean ships.

Fishermen from large ships that carry aquatic animals can be the main source of carrying them into the great lakes.

These invasive species have little, to none predators. This makes it hard for the species population to be controlled, and also helps the species reproduce faster.

A pattern I see is that the mussels continuously grow, and spread but mostly remain in the same parts of the United States(Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, etc).

One cause of invasive species getting into the great lakes is when people buy fish and animals as live bait and they escape or get released.

A concern regarding invasive species is out hunting native species, causing their decline or extinction.

A pattern i notice is that the mussels are concentrated around the eastern parts of the United States and parts of Canada.

A cause of invasive species is boats, because when boats sail, they carry ballast water to balance themselves out. But this water can sometimes scoop up invasive species and eject them in foreign areas. Also, fishermen that use live bait sometimes let the bait go after fishing, therefore allowing the invasive species to establish itself.

A large concern of aquatic invasive species is that the invasives often eat the natives or throw them off balance somehow. Without native species, the ecosystems they live in might get destroyed.

I see that the zebra mussels seem to branch out and spread from lake to lake and state to state. Also, it seems like the mussels travel more to the west than the east.

Invasive spices were usually brought to the great lakes by getting in ship ballast water (Water kept in ships to keep stability) and then getting released with that ballast water into the great lakes.

A concern of the aquatic invasive spices in the great lakes is that the non-native spices can effect and disrupt the food web. There can also be biodiversity loss if there is no predators to the spices in the lakes.

The pattern seems to be that the zebra mussels are just spreading in every way.

They have made it into Canada, and even all the way out to California. In the future, I could see the mussels spreading all throughout nearly every body of water in the US and Canada.

Some invasive species are brought in through human-built canals, locks, and many were carried over by boats.

A concern was that some invasive animals will kill native fish.

Some patterns I see are the Zebra muscles spread quickly over time because there are less predictors that would eat them.

Some aquatic invasives came through to the lakes by boats.

One concern is that the aquatic invasives may kill off other animals and eat their food

One pattern would be that the Zebra mussels traveled and grew in population very quickly.

The cause of aquatic invasive in the great lake is by accidentally bringing them to the ocean by ships or escaping from where they are from.

The concerns of aquatic invasive in great lakes is they can harm the ecosystem by making it unbalanced.

The pattern of the Zebra mussel is that they were all along rivers and lakes.

Humans bring the invasive species using ships, specifically through the ballast water, which was unknown to the humans at the time, or humans would purchase them as bait for fishing. Another way the invasive species entered the Great Lakes is from human-built canals and locks.

One concern is that the invasive species are one of five major reasons for biodiversity loss across the globe.

A pattern I notice with the spreading of the zebra mussels is that they spread throughout the east, and that is where most of their outbreaks are, but they also start slowly spreading through the west, even in California, and up into Canada.

Many invasive species,were released into the lakes by ocean ships purging their ballast waters (sea water carried to provide stability)

The invasive species can take the resources .

The patterns of the zebra mussels are they started travailing around the world

A cause of aquatic invasives in the great lakes are by being carried over by ships by purging their ballast water.

A concern of aquatic invasives in the great lakes is that they outcompete native fish or plants and food for habitats.

A pattern I see is the muscles start in the Michigan great lakes and spread a little into Canada.

The aquatic species were brought to the great lakes by humans with boats. The humans did not realize that the mussels would spread as rapidly as they did.

A concern of invasive species is the invasive species dominating the ecosystem and killing other species that were there to begin with.

They started in lake Michigan and exploded in numbers. They quickly filled the great lakes growing easily in the great lakes.

34% of the 188 fish, plants and other things were called invaseive because they were hurting other things

a concern of the invasive spicies is that they could kill other plants and animals

the zebra mussules are multiplying across the USA

Some aquatic organisms come through man, like people bring them with boats or they make things to attract them or the boat people bring them not on purpose.

A concern of aquatic invasive in the great lakes could be that they could mess up the ecosystems or damage the food web.

The patterns i see are they go west and there are way more over the years and there are 2 dots in California, Salinas.

(ABBEY) people bring invasive species by bringing them using boats also from people buying fish for bait and then getting released into streams and rivers.

The biodiversity has lowered and new species can damage the food web

The population of zebra musculs over time has grown and spread quickly and starting on more on the East moving west over to Kansas and in California close to Monteray Bay in Salinas

The aquatic species was brought to the great lakes either on purpose or on accident, getting carries from boats from different places.

One concern is that the invasive species will kill other animals and eventually take over the ecosystem, and there will be very few animals living in that ecosystems.

The zebra mussels started to spread near the east of the US. and over the years the species multiplied a lot.

A cause of aquatic invasive is people bringing them in from there boats or supplies.

A concern of the aquatic invasive species in the great lake could be these new species could be disrupting the ecosystem which these new species don't have any predators yet which could also make there population could take over quickly.

The patterns I see in the spread of the Zebra Mussels started around Ohio and Minnesota and started to grow outward throughout the years and there even happen to be 2 dots in California.

A very large piece of invasive species are let go /released into the Great Lakes from ships that have the invasive species

One out of all the concerns involving the invasive species, the invasive species have like no natural predators ,but they also spread very quickly and they also take over all the resources

Zebra mussels have also continued to grow a lot , but they also don't have a lot of natural predators

The boats that people sent accidentally had the aquatic invasive species and it got into the lake

one of the cause of the invasive is humans bring them through the rivers and they don't bring them on purpose .

the zebra mussels spread all over the great lakes.

they spread all over the USA and Evan in to Canada.

One of the causes of aquatic invasives is by boats, because when the Zebra muscles attach onto the bottom the boat the fishermen don't realize that the Zebra muscles would be that harmful to the environment.

A concern about aquatic invasives is that they could use the resources that the other species need to survive.

I saw that the Zebra muscles population has grown for many years in which they have migrated from the East and have been more Zebra muscles migrating towards the mid West.

The thing that introuced the aquatic invasive species was boats.

The concern of aquatic invasive species is that they could cause immense harm to the ecosystem.

it started in detroit and spread over the us.

A cause is when humans were getting the invasive species from the Atlantic Ocean and the were usually an accident but some were brought on purpose by humans also ballast water would release all the organisms

A concern is that the invasive species would by dominating the great lakes and would destroy the lakes

A pattern is that they are spreading out fast and really close to the other side of the country

A cause of invasive species in the great lakes is people accidentally taking fish and other animals by boat when going to different places.

A concern of aquatic invasives is what they will do to the lakes in the future.

the muscles travel through streams and lakes

The cause of aquatic invasives in great lakes is boats accedentally taking them with it while the boats travel to and from.

2.The concern of the aquatic invasives are if they keep growing they might ruin the ecosystem and food web.

3. The patterns I see with the spread of zebra mussels over time is they spread over the great lakes and America in general every year by alot.

The invasive species were released by accident when ships were releasing their ballast water.

A prominent concern of the aquatic invasive species is the invasive species eating all of the local species.

A pattern I see is each year the zebra mussel population increases each year.

A cause of aquatic invasives is is them accidentily being in water containment units or in a ship

A concern of these aquatic species is that they are eating away a lot of stuff and are spreading to quickly

A pattern I see in the Zebra Mussels is that they are spreading out a lot in between the neighbouring states and around where they were origanally introduced

I think people bring invasive species from using boats, and then the population of the invasive species eventually starts growing.

Aquatic species are able to get to the great lake in multiple ways. They can get brought from their original habitat by humans and, and will either purposely be released into the ocean, or be released on total accident

A concern of aquatic invasive species in the great lake is the possibility of the invasive species destroying the natural ecosystem, usually by killing off other species.

A pattern I see is they quickly spread to other neighboring states, like really quickly

The great lakes by the ballast

They don't have many invasive speshes

The zebersa mussels espand outwards over ime

The cause of aquatic invasive species is that people will bring them on ships or boats and they will get released into the water. Some invasive species get purchased for bait, aquariums, or gardens, then get released into waters such as, steams, rivers, lakes, and oceans.

A concern of the aquatic invasive species in the great lakes is they tend to reproduce quickly and there are many of them. When there are two many invasive species they kill off the native animals.

The zebra mussels cause problems when they get attached to city water pipes. They break the pipes and cause lots of damage that is expensive to clean up.

A lot of the invasive species were brought to the Great Lakes from the ballast water on ships.

The main problem with invasive species is that they have no natural predators so the population increases without anything to stop it and it also throws off the food chain.

A pattern is that the zebra mussels were only in one area but then they spread out to the rest of the US

Most invasive animals have been brought by ship or cargo from other places and released into bodies of water.

A concern of an aquatic invasive species is that depending on their rank in the food chain can determine how much of an impact they make on their ecosystem.

The spread of the Zebra mussels over time starts over by Chicago and started spreading over the US and continued to get bigger.

A cause of invasive aquatic species in the great lakes would be humans importing goods that unintentionally brought an invasive species with the cargo. The cargo in question could be anything from lumber, stone, imported goods such as clothing from a brand centered in another country, or human passengers.

The main concern of these invasive species of the great lakes is that the invasive species will throw the balance of the [Great Lakes] ecosystem which would cause a number of affects for already existing organisms, good or bad.

The zebra mussels quickly spread over the environment they were brought into, ships continuing to unintentionally carry zebra mussels into other areas of the United States. This started causing them to invade a much larger area of the states nearby the Great Lakes, where they were originally brought to, though unintentionally.

A cause of all the invasive species is ships, because they can bring aquatic animals that latch onto, or get into the ship itself.

One concern is if an invasive species unbalances the food web in the area a bit too much to the point where all the rest of the animals die.

The Zebra mussels continue expanding, starting from the Great lakes, and spreading farther through neighboring states, even getting to California.

The invasive species was brought by boat by accident or on purpose

The concern of aquatic invasive is that they can harm other native species that live in the lake

I noticed that the zebra mussels start growing outwards over time

Zebra mussels, like most aquatic invasive species, were introduced by being transported by boat on purpose or otherwise. However in the case of zebra mussels, it was accidental.

The concern of invasive aquatic species is they might heavily damage ecosystem and maybe kill off other species.

The Zebra mussels started in Lake Erie, and spread though many years into every other great lake

Some of the reasons for invasive species in the great lake is when ocean ships purging their ballast water into the lakes or when fishermen's bait escapes.

The concern of aquatic invasive species in the great lakes is that if one animal finds too much of their main food source then they will eat all of that animal, and that animal might be another animals food source.

The patterns I see in the spread of zebra muscles over time is that they spread very fast and only on water and they started around Toronto.

the cause of aquatic invasive is people bring them in from boats. Most likely on purpose.

A concern is that invasive species will kill the natural ecosystems they were put in.

They started way back in the Great Lakes but now they are going to California

The round gobby is one of the most invasive species in the great lakes.

A concern about new species is they could ruin natural species

A pattern I saw from the zebra mussels was that they grew in certain amounts when their in different places

The cause of the zebra mussels is the mussels have been credited with cleaning up the waters of some great lakes. Also some other mussels have been putting toxic and bad smelling blue and green algae blooms in lake Erie.

A concern of aquatic invasives they can cause species to go extinct in numbers. They also increase in numbers.

The pattern that I see with the spread over time is that it keeps on getting bigger and bigger. Also it keeps on spreading and spreading over time.

The cause of some aquatic invasive species include species getting brought boats when they carry water, they accidentally bring some species to other places. Another example is goldfish being bait for fishing, and they sometimes escape and get in ponds.

A concern of aquatic invasive in the great lakes is if they can take over and ruin the food web. Their species can increase too much and get really out of hand.

Some patterns I see is it started small and then the population quickly grew.

The cause of the aquatic invasives is the ships because they brought the zebra muscles and the round gobby by accident.

the concern of aquatic invasives in the great lakes is that the invasive could kill the native animals and can disrupt the ecosystem

The zebra muscles started of in lake eerie and ended up in California a little bit.

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People bring the aquatic species to the lake by boat, but some are released by being purchased and the species either escape or get released.

A concern of aquatic invasive in the great lakes is that with them in the lake it might mess up the biodiversity in the Great Lakes.

The zebra mussels started in the Great Lakes and then they expanded to a little bit in California, a little bit in Canada, and most of the east United States.

I think the cause of aquatic invasive species was from people sailing out on their boats and unintentionally or intentionally took aquatic life making it invasive to the great lake.

With new aquatic species it could throw off the food chain since they don't have any proper predators or food.

The Zebra muscles started in the great lake and year by year has spread and now there is even been species found in California.

The invasive species was accidentally brought by boat to the great lakes and the humans didn't realize.

A concern is that the invasive aquatic species will keep spreading because they do not have predators who eat them and will hurt the environment around them

The patterns that I see are that the invasive species stays mainly in the US.