Ecologist Garrett Hardin described this idea in nineteen sixty-eight as "the tragedy of the commons."

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They are known as Asian Carp and the explosion of their population in the Illinois River is a concern to large-river ecologist Kevin Irons.

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"If you wanted to create a perfect storm for biological invasion, you would do what the energy companies are doing in north-central Pennsylvania, " said Kevin Heatley, an ecologist with the national firm Biohabitats who works to restore areas that have been damaged by human activity.

NPR: Northeast Drilling Boom Threatens Forest Wildlife

But to others, like Brigitte Howarth, an ecologist at the UAE's Zayed University, Lake Zakher is an environmental calamity.

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Viola Ross-Smith, Research Ecologist with the British Trust for Ornithology, said it was difficult to say what would happen following the publication of the research.

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