Week7 Draft5

In the laboratory environment, the two species Lemna minor and Salvina molesta were brought together to show how reliance on the same resources will result in elimination of one of the species. This is an increasing problem in natural ecosystems throughout the globe. As invasive species are brought to new environments, they devastate the local ecosystem and displace the native species. This experiment revealed the potential threats of careless introduction of foreign species to different environments where they pose a threat to species that already occupy the same niche. Although cohibitation is a possibility, it is not typically the case when there is a reliance of the same limited resources.