Invasive and Native Species in Taal Lake
Invasive
aquatic plants
water hyacinth
water fern
water lettuce
aquatic animls
golden apple snail
Fishes
white goby
eleotrid
asiatic/thai catfish
theraponid
vertebrates
rodents
lizards
birds
frogs
invertebrates
plant pest organisms
non-native earthworms
non-aquatic animals
cogon grass
ipil-ipil
mile-a-minute
lantana
hagonoy
Negative Impacts
competition for food
rediction of the population of native fishes
occurence of potential new pathogenic parasites
polution of major lakes
eutrophication of lakes and reservoirs
Native
aquatic animals
fish
shrimp
what is happening to them because of invasive species
they are going like consumed by the invasive species
their population is decreasing
competition of food with invasive species
some die