New York Sea Grant Education Series Native or Invasive? Part I: Invasives threaten native species
By New York Sea Grant Resource Educators Greg Chapman and Stacy Furgal
This article is the first in a three-part series exploring the impacts of aquatic invasive species. Learning to recognize invaders before they overwhelm an area is a crucial part of reducing their impact.
More than 185 non-native plants and animals have entered the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River ecosystems in the past 200 years


