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Asian Carp

Asian Carp. Calib Kendall Michael Janiak. Physical Description . Asian Carp is grayish silver lining very shiny, the eyes are on the side of its face. They also have a big mouth, with no teeth.

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Asian Carp

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  1. Asian Carp Calib Kendall Michael Janiak

  2. Physical Description • Asian Carp is grayish silver lining very shiny, the eyes are on the side of its face. They also have a big mouth, with no teeth. • The Asian carp fish is found only in the great lakes around Michigan, and Asia where they are from

  3. Behavioral Description • The behavior of the Asian carp is crazy, when boats come through the rivers they are in the carp start jumping around everywhere like in this picture. • Asian carp reproduced rapidly due to there large size and ravenous appetite.

  4. Habitat & Niche • The Asian Carp are found in the Great lakes on the out skirts of Michigan. • When boats come down the river they are easily freighted and start jumping, they can jump 8 to 10 feet in the air, causing many fisherman to be severely injured including cut, black eyed, broken bones, back injures and concussions.

  5. Environmental Effects • Asian carp are tremendous threat to the great lakes and could devastate the lakes if they enter our great lakes eco system. • Due to their large size ravenous appetite, and rapid rate of reproduction, Asian carp poise a significant threat to the great lakes ecosystem by consuming large quanties of phytoplankton and competing with native fish for habitat.

  6. History • The Carp fish came from Asia and have populated to the Great Lakes • Asian Carp have got there from escaping into lakes and rivers, rivers such as the Mississippi's river, from southern agriculture faculties in the early 1990s.

  7. Control Measures • People are putting in new infrastructures and physical barriers, and blockades to keep the Asian carp out of our waterways.

  8. Resources • www.asiancarp.org • www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov • www.glfc.org • www.umesc.usgs.gov

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