Invasive and Native Species in Taal Lake

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

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

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