Great Lakes region

carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) and silver carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) (Michigan Department of Natural Resources 2012). In the United States, the Bighead Carp have greatly affected the river ecosystems that it is also likely to invade the Great Lakes (Michigan Department of Natural Resources 2012). Therefore, the Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis) will be the focus of this management plan. The Bighead Carp belongs to the family Cyprinidae, which contains…

population became unstable when the Sea Lamprey came to the Great Lakes. When the Sea Lamprey first came, the Trout had 200,000 Trouts in it’s population. But when the Sea Lamprey had 300,000, the Trout had under 5,000. Finally, when the Trout had 150,000, the Sea Lamprey had under 50,000. This is an unstable population because there…

From the time the Great lakes where discovered by Native American to the current day, the lakes have played a vital role in American history, from serving as transportation of humans and trade goods to the far reaches of war. They have helped transform the American people and the landscape both east and west of their location. The vessels used during the revolutionary war were constructed of many materials just like todays ships. Only difference is what was used. The vessels used during the…

intentionally released them into wild. Through the years the fish has spread throughout South Florida. Walking Catfish migrate through canals and over land. Its fins help it to move over the land like a snake. They can survive in many wetlands such as lakes, rivers, ponds, prairies and swamps. In addition, they can survive outside…

seventy-five miles per hour,your hair being blown by the wind as you hang on for dear life. This is one of the many reasons why I would to live in the Northeast. Because of the activities and the Statue of Liberty, I would want to live in the Northeast Region. One the reasons why I would want to live in the Northeast is because of the activities. One of the activities I would want to try is ice skating.I was about four years old when I tried ice skating for the first time. I remember falling…

Did you know Lake Erie is called the “burning river” or “dead lake”? Sixth of Lake Erie's water was covered in toxic algae. Since so many algae is in Lake Erie it’s spreading to other rivers such as the Maumee river which now only supplies 5 percent. Algaes has now expand across the western Lake Erie shoreline from Monroe to the Lake Erie islands. Algae bloom has been a growing problem now since the 2000s. Unregulated dumping of sewage and industrial pollutants with similar algae blooms and…

also have begun to travel towards the Great Lakes. These animals, if they begin to thrive in the Great Lakes, may ravage fisheries valued at $7 billion per year. Also, some boaters…

should be paying attention to Daphnia Magna is because of pollution in our lakes. This pollution can affect a lot of actions that we do in our daily lives. Pollution can lead to mutations in fish, frogs and other animals that live in water. This can affect our food supply as well as the quality of the food we eat. Another reason recognizing pollution in lakes is a good idea is that it is the first step in reducing pollution in lakes. In the beginning of this project I was looking for a way to…

part, four regions of each country are designated to the following states; Arizona-senora, California-Baja…

Regionalism is a complex ideology, as it is dependent on the definition of region. Defining region has become a daunting task by many in the political science community. For this paper, Cochrane and Perrella’s (2012) definition of region “as the physical space surrounding an individual,” and regionalism “as an affective attachment to the people, places and institutions within a geographic area,” will be…