MAKE A MEME View Large Image One of the invasive species the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area deals with is the Red Swamp crayfish. We took a group of our high school volunteers out for a day of crayfish removal. This non-native crayfish thrives in the ...
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Keywords: invasive nonnative animals scientist crayfish people portrait outdoor One of the invasive species the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area deals with is the Red Swamp crayfish. We took a group of our high school volunteers out for a day of crayfish removal. This non-native crayfish thrives in the waters of the Santa Monica Mountains, eating the eggs of amphibians, disrupting fragile fresh water environments and hosting a variety of unwelcome parasites. A noticeable decrease in amphibians has been attributed to crayfish predation. Crayfish are continually introduced to the Santa Monica Mountains because of their utilization as fishing bait. One of the invasive species the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area deals with is the Red Swamp crayfish. We took a group of our high school volunteers out for a day of crayfish removal. This non-native crayfish thrives in the waters of the Santa Monica Mountains, eating the eggs of amphibians, disrupting fragile fresh water environments and hosting a variety of unwelcome parasites. A noticeable decrease in amphibians has been attributed to crayfish predation. Crayfish are continually introduced to the Santa Monica Mountains because of their utilization as fishing bait.
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