Recovery+plan+limiting+factors


 * ==** Limiting factors [[image:copyright_2006_Chris_Wirth.jpg width="369" height="218" align="right" caption="Cliffs along Chesapeake Bay. Arrow 1 shows good habitat, and 2 shows where the habitat is overgrown with vegetation (15)" link="@References"]] **==
 * ==** The larvae at all locations are particularly sensitive to changes in beaches and bluffs caused by vegetation overgrowth, which is increasingly the result of invasive, exotic plants. Key concept - exotic species. **==
 * ==** Human recreational activities, and the effects of pollution are persistent threats to the Puritan tiger beetle. **==
 * == The shoreline habitat along the Connecticut River was [[image:bay_watershed_development.jpg width="366" height="276" align="right" caption="Residential development along the Chesapeake Bay (8)" link="@References"]]disturbed by nearby development, dam construction, riverbank stabilization, and human recreational activities like hiking and camping. ==
 * ==** The Chesapeake Bay populations faced threats to their habitat from human population growth, residential development, and shore erosion projects. **==


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