Fact Sheets

Asian Shore Crab Fact Sheets

Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan, 1835)
U.S. Geological Survey
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=183

Nonindigenous Species Information: Asian Shore Crab
U.S. Geological Survey
http://cars.er.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous_Species/Asian_shore_crab/asian_shore_crab.html

Hemigrapsus sanguineus
MIT Sea Grant Center for Coastal Resources
http://massbay.mit.edu/exoticspecies/invaders/hemi.html

Carpet Tunicate Fact Sheets

Guide to the Exotic Species of San Francisco Bay: Didemnum sp
San Francisco Estuary Institute
http://www.exoticsguide.org/species_pages/didemnum.html

Didemnum cf. lahillei
U.S. Geological Survey
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2338

Common Reed (Phragmites) Fact Sheets

Phragmites: A Tale of Two Strains
PA Sea Grant and PA Coastal Zone Management Program
http://www.behrend.psu.edu/seagrant/publications/fs/Phragmites.pdf

Phragmites australis (Common reed)
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/icat/browse.do?specieId=85

Common Reed (Phragmites australis) Invasive Species Identification Sheets
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (CT)
http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/invas-factsheets.html

Exotics in the Chesapeake: Exotic Plants
Maryland Sea Grant College Program
ftp://ftp.mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/exotics/Exotics_3.pdf

Lionfish Fact Sheets

Red Lionfish Fact Sheet
FL Museum of Natural History
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Gallery/Descript/RedLionfish/RLionfish.html

Lionfish Fact Sheet
U.S. Geological Survey
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=963

Lionfish Biology Fact Sheet
NOAA National Ocean Service
http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/factsheet.html

Some Lionfish Biology
NOAA National Ocean Service
http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/lion04_biology.html

Lionfish Invade U.S. Coastal Waters
NOAA National Ocean Service
http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/lion02_invade.html

Is the Aquarium Trade to Blame?
NOAA National Ocean Service
http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/lion03_blame.html

Run-ins with an Invader
NOAA National Ocean Service
http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/runins.html

What is an Invasive Species? Fact Sheet
NOAA National Ocean Service
http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/lion01_whatis.html

Lionfish Fact Sheet
NOAA Beaufort Laboratory
http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/documents/factsheet_lionfish.pdf

Mute Swan Fact Sheets

Mute Swan
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Mute_Swan.html

Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i1782id.html

Wildlife in Connecticut: Mute Swan, Cygnus olor
CT Department of Environmental Protection, Wildlife Division
http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/wildlife/pdf_files/outreach/fact_sheets/mtswan.pdf

Mute Swans, Beautiful but Controversial Birds
MD Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife & Heritage Division
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/muteswans.html

Exotics in Chesapeake: Animals
Maryland Sea Grant College Program
ftp://ftp.mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/exotics/Exotics_2.pdf

Northern Snakehead Fact Sheets

Northern Snakehead
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
http://www.behrend.psu.edu/seagrant/publications/fs/Northern_Snakehead.pdf

Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) Northern Snakehead
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/fishhook.html

Invasive Species Program: Snakeheads, the Newest Aquatic Invader
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/snakeheadfactsheetedited.pdf

The Northern Snakehead: An Invasive Fish Species
CSA
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=2265

United States Geological Survey
http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/snakehead/overview.php

Red Algae Fact Sheets

Grateloupia turuturu A Red Seaweed Invading Long Island Sound
Connecticut Sea Grant
http://www.seagrant.uconn.edu/gratelou.pdf

Sea Squirt Fact Sheets

Guide to the Exotic Species of San Francisco Bay: Styela clava
San Francisco Estuary Institute
http://www.exoticsguide.org/species_pages/s_clava.html

Invasive Sea Squirt (Styela clava) Fact Sheet
NIMA Science, National Centre for Biodiversity & Biosecurity, New Zealand
http://www.niwascience.co.nz/ncabb/tools/sea_squirt

Styela clava
U.S. Geological Survey
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1292

Veined Rapa Whelk Fact Sheets

Rapana venosa
U.S. Geological Survey
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1018

Nonindigenus Species Information Bulletin: Veined Rapa Whelk
U.S. Geological Survey
http://cars.er.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous_Species/Rapa_whelk/rapa_whelk.html

Veined whelks: Wanted dead or alive
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
http://www.ices.dk/marineworld/whelks.asp

Exotics in Chesapeake: Animals
Maryland Sea Grant College Program
ftp://ftp.mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/exotics/Exotics_2.pdf

Water Chestnut Fact Sheets

Trapa natans (Water chestnut)
Invasive Plant Atlas of New England
http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/icat/browse.do?specieId=25

Water chestnut
VT Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Quality Division
http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/lakes/htm/ans/lp_wc.htm

Water chestnut, Trapa natans
ME Center of Invasive Aquatic Plants
http://www.mciap.org/herbarium/WaterChestnut.php

Water Chestnut Invasive Species Identification Sheets
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (CT)
http://www.ct.nrcs.usda.gov/invas-factsheets.html

General Info Fact Sheets

A Quick Guide to Marine Bioinvasions
MIT Sea Grant College Program
http://web.mit.edu/seagrant/pubs

Exotics in the Chesapeake: Introduction
Maryland Sea Grant College Program
ftp://ftp.mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/exotics/Exotics_1.pdf

Aquatic Invasive Species: A Guide to Least-wanted Aquatic Organisms of the Pacific Northwest
Washington Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/washu/washuh00001.pdf

Be on the Lookout...Invasive Species on the Move in Louisiana
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/lsu/lsug02009.pdf

Bio-invasions: Breaching Natural Barriers
Washington Sea Grant College Program
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/communications/online/bioinvasions/bioinvasions.pdf

Biological Pollution of the Great Lakes: the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Issue
New York Sea Grant Institute
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/publications/goal7.htm#f04g

Divers Alert! Dive Card
Florida Sea Grant Institute
http://www.tbep.org/pdfs/divecard5.pdf

Exotics of Lake Ontario
New York Sea Grant Institute
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/nysgi/nysgig95004.pdf

Exotic species in the Great Lakes
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/michu/michug94012.pdf

Exotic Species of Aquatic Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/education/AQUATIC/EXOTIC.HTM

Great Lakes Facts Brochure/Map Series
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu/upwellings/issues/pdf/win00.pdf

Help prevent the spread of aquatic exotic plants and animals
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iisgcp.org/products/ii98_1.pdf

Hitchhikers: MIT Sea Grant guide to exotic species
MIT Sea Grant
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/mit/mitg02001.pdf

Introduced Species IN U.S. COASTAL, Environmental Impacts and Management Priorities
Pew Oceans Commission
http://www.vims.edu/abc/EndNote1075.pdf

INVASION!
Ecological Society of America
http://www.esa.org/education/edupdfs/invasion.pdf

Invasive Aquatic Pants: What Every Plant Enthusiast Needs to Know
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iisgcp.org/products/iisg0122.pdf

Invasive Species of Lakes Erie and Ontario
New York Sea Grant Institute
http://www.seagrant.sunysb.edu/publications/goal7.htm#03g

Protect Our Waters (includes Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! sticker)
Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
http://aqua.wisc.edu/Publications/ProductDetails.aspx?productID=427

Rusty Crayfish: A Nasty Invader. Biology, Identification, and Impacts
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/rusty.html

STOP! Don't Release Non-native Species!
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/lsu/lsug01005.pdf

Three State Exotic Species Boater Survey: What do boaters know and do they care?
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/boat.html

What are Introduced or Invasive Species?
Connecticut Sea Grant College Program
http://www.seagrant.uconn.edu/INVSF1.PDF

What are Marine Bioinvaders?
MIT Sea Grant College Program
http://massbay.mit.edu/exoticspecies/index.html

How Exotic Species Spread Fact Sheets

Ballast Water Brochure
California Sea Grant College Program
http://ballast-outreach-ucsgep.ucdavis.edu

Ballast Water & Exotic Species
Providence College
http://ballast-outreach-ucsgep.ucdavis.edu/documents/newsletter1207.htm

Don't Release Non-Native Species - Aquarium Hobbyists
Florida Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpg98011.pdf

Don't Release Non-Native Species - water Gardeners
Florida Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpg98012.pdf

The Problem
GloBallast Water Management Programme
http://globallast.imo.org/problem.htm

Stop Ballast Water Invasions
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
http://iisgcp.org/products/iisg0201.pdf

'Preventing Spread' Fact Sheets

The Scope of the National Aquatic Hitchhiker Problem
ANS Task Force
http://www.protectyourwaters.net/hitchhikers/hitchhikers_scope.php#spread

Help Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in collaboration with Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/invasives/preventspread.html