Scrambled Aquatic Invasives

Detective EcoFriend has received a list of the top ten aquatic invasive species in the Gulf of Mexico. He needs to figure out who they are but, their names are scrambled and he has one clue for each invasive. Do your detective work by reviewing the rap sheets and help Detective EcoFriend pull his list together. Once you have collected some clues about Gulf Aquatic Invasive Species, come here to unscramble some invaders. Good luck!

HABGIDE RAPC
A fish that overeats zooplankton, competing with native fish.

ERATW CIYTHHAN
Floating, aquatic, flowering plant that can out-compete native plants.

RATUNI
A rodent that eats wetland plants to the point of devastation.

OOCNMM LVASAIN
An aquatic fern that clogs waterways and depletes the water of oxygen and important nutrients.

CLKBA PRCA
A fish that eats many mollusks and carries parasites that can infect native fish.

DTOTPES YLFHEJSIL
Animal that threatens local fish populations by feeding on plankton, thus altering the native food webs.

AAPPRRERETKBE
A large tree that spreads rapidly and is endangering Florida's Everglades.

HANLDEECN LPAEP ASINL
Named for their large shell that varies in color from yellow to green to brown, with dark spiral bands.

LAIRDHYL
An aquatic plant that is native to Asia, Africa, and Australia.

AREBZ SUMLES
A tiny bivalve that arrived in the Gulf Coast region through ballast waters of ships.