“Starfish” imepotea wapi?

Takatoshi AKAI

JOCV/231

KWS

Malindi Marine Park

Sometimes, star fish out break in the ocean.

They hit hardly to fishery.

They are very strong. Even if you cut down star fish and throw away to sea.It will survive and recreate themselves from 1 peace.

Seaweed

Pollicipes mitella/ Shell

Mytilidae / Shell

Barnacle / Shell Starfish

Cellana mazatlandica / Shell

3 months later…

Pollicipes mitella/ Shell

Mytilidae / Shell

Barnacle / Shell

Pollicipes mitella/ Shell

Mytilidae / Shell

Barnacle!!Get out of here!!

Barnacle!!Get out of here!!

Mytilidae / Shell

Pollicipes mitella/ Shell

• Seaweed disappeared due to loss of foothold, such as

Barnacle / Shell

Pollicipes mitella / Shell

Seaweed

Pollicipes mitella/ Shell

Once seaweed reduced, its predator, such as Mytilidae, and Cellana mazatlandica disappeared, due to no food to eat.

Seaweed

Mytilidae / Shell

Cellana mazatlandica / Shell

• Once some creatures disappeared, other species are also start to disappear. Even they are not related by food chain.

Conclusion

• Among the eco-system, each creatures connected each other complicated.

• So, even take out only 1 species out of its eco-system, it will lead to destroy whole eco-system.