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Home > Research by Programs > AIS Aquatic Invasive SpeciesTask Leader: David Reid
Highlights20 Years of Zebra & Quagga Mussel Research (.pdf) Novirhabdovirus sp - Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Factsheet Great Lakes Food Web Diagrams
Current Featured ProjectsCoastwise ANS: Aassessment
of Coastwise Traffic Patterns and Management of Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Risk on NOBOBs
and Coastwise Vessels of the Great Lakes and East Coast of the United States and Canada
Mapping the Condition of
Diporeia: Insights into Mechanisms of Declines Complete Listing of GLERL Aquatic Invasive Species Program Projects
Data productsGreat Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System Database Complete Listing of GLERL Data Products
Selected Software productsEcoNetwrk software
*Link leads off GLERL's website |
![]() Program Background The Great Lakes basin is the aquatic gateway to the heartland of America and a national hot spot for aquatic invasive species (AIS) introductions that can reach other sections of the U.S. Records of aquatic species invasions in the Great Lakes start in the early 1800s. By 2005 at least 182 AIS have been reported in the Great Lakes, with more than 40% discovered since 1960. The rate of discovery since 1960 has not been linear, but for illustrative purposes, can be said to average about one new invader every 28 weeks. Nonindigenous species are now a significant component of most trophic levels in the Great Lakes. GLERL's research on invasive species targets two key issues: 1) The prevention of new invasive species introductions and 2) The understanding of the biological and ecological impacts of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes. Recent Publications Fahnenstiel, G.L., Y. Hong, D.F. Millie, M. Doblin, T.F. Johengen, and D.F. Reid. Marine dinoflagellate cysts in the ballast tank sediments of ships entering the Laurentian Great Lakes. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 30(7):1035-1038 (2009). (.pdf) Nalepa, T.F., D.L. Fanslow, G.A. Lang, D.B. Lamarand, L.G. Cummins, and G.S. Carter. Abundances of the amphipod Diporeia spp. and the mussels Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in Lake Michigan in 1994-1995, 2000, and 2005. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-144. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 25 pp. (2008). (.pdf) Pichlová-Ptácníková, R., and H.A. Vanderploeg. The invasive cladoceran Cerocopagis pengoi is a generalist predator capable of feeding on a variety of prey species of different sizes and escape abilities. Fundamental and Applied Limnology 173(4):267-279 (2009). Pothoven, S.A., H.A. Vanderploeg, S.A. Ludsin, T.O. Hook, and S.B. Brandt. Feeding ecology of emerald shiners and rainbow smelt in Lake Erie. Journal of Great Lakes Research 35:190-198 (2009). (.pdf) Reid, D.F. Ballast water and saltwater flushing: Closing a gap in the protection framework for the Great Lakes. ANS Update 14(1):2 pp. (2008). (.pdf) Vanderploeg, H.A., T.H. Johengen, and J.R. Liebig. Feedback between zebra mussel selective feeding and algal composition affects mussel condition: did the regime changer pay a price for its success? Freshwater Biology 54:47-63 (2009). Select Brochures Aquatic Invasive Species and the Great Lakes: Simple Questions, Complex Answers (.pdf) Ballast water and aquatic nuisance species introductions in the Great Lakes (.pdf)
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