|
|
|
Impacts |
|
Biodiversity impact
Tilapia cage culture in Minanjau Lake, Indonesia.
Alien species have been identified as one of the most significant
threats to aquatic biodiversity.
They may adversely affect ecosystems and their biodiversity especially
through:
Basic species interactions such as predation and competition
Genetic impacts, such as hybridization and loss of genetic
diversity
Habitat alteration
Disease impacts
Read more �Biodiversity
Socio-economic impact
Tangail, Bangladesh. The
introduction of species is an established means to increase productivity,
also used by rural and poor communities, and generate income in
aquaculture and capture fisheries.
However, alien species may also cause socio-economic disruption.
Especially through undesiderable change in the nature of the fisheries
or in the access to aquatic resources.
Read more �Socio
economic impact
|