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Zebra Mussels Fact Sheets

Boaters: Take Action Against Zebra Mussels
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/_documents/publications/FS/FS-054%20Boaters%20Take%20Action%20Against%20Zebra%20Mussels.pdf

Boaters—slow the spread of zebra mussels, and protect your boat too
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ohsu/ohsug92003.pdf

Calcium Requirements and the Spread of Zebra Mussels
California Sea Grant College Program
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/RESEARCH/PROJPROF_PDF/RCZ31PD.pdf

Mid-Atlantic Zebra Mussel Fact Sheets
North Carolina Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ncu/ncug93002.pdf

Potential Control of Zebra Mussels Through Reproductive Intervention
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgd.gso.uri.edu/source/michug94004.htm

Safe use of zebra mussels in classroom and laboratories
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iiseagrant.org/publicat/mi-class.htm

Slow the Spread of Zebra Mussels and Protect Your Boat Too
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iiseagrant.org/publicat/kelch.htm

Zebra Mussels
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
http://www.des.state.nh.us/factsheets/bb/bb-17.htm

Zebra Mussels
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/publications/fs/Zebra_Mussel_12-2003.pdf

Zebra mussels: a costly threat to North Carolina
North Carolina Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ncu/ncug92004.pdf

Zebra Mussels - A Florida Perspective
Florida Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpg98014.pdf

Zebra Mussel Alert Card
Florida Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpg98009.pdf

The Zebra Mussel: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
New York Sea Grant Institute
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/nysgi/nysgig96002.pdf

Zebra Mussels and Aquaculture: What You Should Know
North Carolina Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ncu/ncug95003.pdf 

Zebra Mussels Cause Economic and Ecological Problems in the Great Lakes
United States Geological Survey
http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/_files/factsheets/2000-6 Zebra Mussels.pdf

Zebra Mussels in the Great Lakes
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/michu/michug92001.pdf

Zebra mussels in the Great Lakes: the invasion and its implications
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ohsu/ohsug92002.pdf

Zebra mussels in Lake Erie: the invasion and its implications
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ohsu/ohsug89015.pdf

Zebra mussels in North America, the invasion and its implications
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
http://www.sg.ohio-state.edu/_documents/publications/FS/FS-045%20Zebra%20mussels%20in%20North%20America.pdf

Zebra mussels may clog irrigation systems
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/michu/michug93003.pdf

Zebra Mussels: Questions and Answers for Inland Lake Managers
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iisgcp.org/products/iisg0120.pdf

Zebra Mussel Update (May 1990)
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/minnu/minnug90001.pdf

Zebra Mussel Watch
Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/zebramussels/

Round Goby Fact Sheets

Gobies: Cyberfish of the '90s
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://sgnis.org/publicat/96Jude.htm

Round Goby
Pennsylvania Sea Grant
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/publications/fs/Round_Goby_12-2003.pdf

Round Goby: An Exotic Fish in the Great Lakes
United States Geological Survey
http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/_files/factsheets/2000-1 Round Goby.pdf

Round Gobies Invade North America
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iisgcp.org/products/marsjude.pdf

Round Goby, Neogobius melanostomus
Wisconsin Sea Grant
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/roundgoby.html

Sea Lamprey Fact Sheets

Alien Profile: Sea Lamprey
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek//critter/invert/lamprey.htm

The Five Lampreys of Michigan's Great Lakes
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://www.iiseagrant.org/publicat/stac1997.htm

Sea Lamprey: The Battle Continues
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/lamprey.html

Sea Lamprey Fast Facts
United States Geological Survey
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/invasive_species/sea_lamprey.html#factsheets

Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes
United States Geological Survey
http://www.glsc.usgs.gov/main.php?content=research_lamprey&title=Invasive Fish0&menu=research_invasive_fish

Sea Lamprey: A Great Lakes Invader
Great Lakes Fishery Commission and Fisheries Research Board of Canada
http://www.glfc.org/pubs/FACT_3.pdf

TFM and Sea Lamprey Control: A Success Story
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
http://www.glfc.org/pubs/FACT_4.pdf

Sea Lamprey Barriers: New Technologies Help Solve an Old Problem
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
http://www.glfc.org/pubs/FACT_5.pdf

Sterile-Male-Release-Technique: An Innovative Sea Lamprey Control Method
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
http://www.glfc.org/pubs/FACT_6.pdf

Sea Lamprey Assessment: Improving Control Through Better Understanding
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission
http://www.glfc.org/pubs/FACT_7.pdf

International Sea Lamprey Management on the St. Mary’s River: Everyone Wins…But the Sea Lampreys
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
http://www.glfc.org/pubs/fs9.htm

Ruffe Fact Sheets

Eurasian Ruffe
Pennsylvania Sea Grant Program
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/publications/fs/Ruffe_12-2003.pdf

Ruffe: A new threat to our fisheries
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/_documents/publications/FS/FS-064%20Ruffe%20A%20new%20threat%20to%20our%20fisheries.pdf

Ruffe, Gymnocephalus cernuus
Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
http://www.seagrant.wisc.edu/greatlakesfish/ruffe.html

Ruffe ("Gymnocephalus cernuus")
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/minnu/minnug93001.pdf

Spiny Water Flea Fact Sheets

Spiny Water Flea, Bythotrephes cederstroemi: Another unwelcome newcomer to the Great Lakes
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
 http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/_documents/publications/FS/FS-049%202004%20Spiny%20Water%20Flea,%20Bythotrephes%20cederstroemi.pdf

The spiny water flea, "Bythotrephes": a newcomer to the Great Lakes
Ohio Sea Grant College Program
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/ohsu/ohsug91008.pdf

Fishhook Flea Fact Sheets

Aquatic Nuisance Species Alert: Cercopagis pengoi - Fishhook Waterflea, Don't Help it Spread
Ohio Sea Grant College Program, NOAA & OHDNR
http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/_documents/publications/FS/FS-083 Aquatic nuisance species alert Cercopagis pengoi.pdf

Cercopagis pengoi Invades Lake Ontario Fact Sheet: October 1999
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/fishhook.html

Fishhook Water Flea (Cercopagis pengoi)
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
http://www.invadingspecies.com/Invaders.cfm?A=Page&PID=13

Fishhook Water Flea Appears in Lake Erie
Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education, Great lakes Aquatic Habitat Network & Fund
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/ny/092002_great_lakes.htm

Guidelines for Reducing the Spread of "Fishhook Waterfleas"
New York Sea Grant Institute
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/nysgi/nysgig04002.pdf

Harmful Aquatic Hitchhikers: Crustaceans: Spiny Water Flea and Fishhook Water Flea
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force
http://www.protectyourwaters.net/hitchhikers/crustaceans_spiny_water_flea.php

Spiny and Fishhook Water Fleas
Pennsylvania Sea Grant Program
http://www.pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/publications/fs/Water_Flea_12-2003.pdf

Purple Loosestrife Fact Sheets

Purple Loosestrife
Aquatic Plant Management Society
http://www.apms.org/plants/loosestrife.htm

Purple Loosestrife
Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
http://www.wapms.org/plants/purpleloosestrife.html

Purple Loosestrife
Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/lysa1.htm

Purple Loosestrife: An Exotic Menace
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
http://www.des.state.nh.us/factsheets/bb/bb-45.htm

Purple loosestrife in Michigan: biology, ecology, and management
Michigan Sea Grant College Program
http://sgnis.org/publicat/klepland.htm

Purple Loosestrife: What You Should Know, What You Can Do
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/purple.html

Species Abstracts of Highly Disruptive Exotic Plants at Effigy Mounds National Monument, Lythrum salicaria
U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/plants/exoticab/effilyth.htm

Eurasian Watermilfoil Fact Sheets

Eurasian watermilfoil
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/eurasian.html

Eurasian Watermilfoil
Aquatic Plant Management Society
http://www.apms.org/plants/milfoil.htm

Eurasian Watermilfoil
Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
http://www.wapms.org/plants/milfoil.html

Eurasian Watermilfoil
Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group
http://www.nps.gov/plants/alien/fact/mysp1.htm

Recognizing Eurasian Water Milfoil and Native Look-a-Likes
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
http://dnr.wi.gov/invasives/pubs/look.pdf

Eurasian Water-milfoil/Northern Water-milfoil ID Cards
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/CBCW/Pubs/EWM_Card.pdf

Eurasian Water Milfoil
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/uwexlakes/CBCW/Pubs/EWM_brochure.pdf

WANTED!! Information on the Location of this Exotic Plant
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
http://www.des.state.nh.us/factsheets/bb/bb-24.htm

Bighead and Silver Carp Fact Sheets

Asian Carp
Great Lakes Fishery Commission
http://www.glfc.org/fishmgmt/carp.php

Asian Carp
Mississippi River Basin Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
http://www.fws.gov/midwest/fisheries/library/broch-asiancarp.pdf

Asian Carp
United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/invasive_species/asian_carp.html

Asian Carp in Alabama
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
http://www.outdooralabama.com/fishing/freshwater/fish/carp/asian.cfm

Asian Carp Invasion of the Upper Mississippi River System
U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/reports_publications/psrs/psr_2000_05.html

Asian Carp Key to Identification
Mississippi River Basin Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
http://midwest.fws.gov/Fisheries/Library/broch-asiancarpkey.pdf

Asian Carp Poised to Invade the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species
http://www.glc.org/ans/ansupdate/pdf/ansv8n3.pdf

Bighead and Silver Carp in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.cerc.usgs.gov/pubs/center/pdfDocs/invasive_carp.pdf

Electric Barrier May Stop Asian Carp
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
http://iisgcp.org/news/archive/071902.htm

Experts Say Big Asian Carp Threatens Great Lakes
Environmental Association for Great Lakes Education, Great Lakes Aquatic Habitat Network & Fund
http://www.greatlakesdirectory.org/zarticles/071202_asian_carp.htm

Brazilian Elodea Fact Sheets

Non-Native Freshwater Plants Brazilian Elodea
Washington State, Department of Ecology
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/aqua002.html

Egeria densa Brazilian elodea
The Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
http://www.wapms.org/plants/egeria.html

Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa)
Natural Resources and Parks, King County Washington
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/waterres/smlakes/elodea.htm

Rusty Crayfish Fact Sheets

Rusty Crayfish Factsheet
Minnesota Sea Grant
http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/exotics/rusty.html

Rusty Crayfish
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters
http://www.invadingspecies.com/Invaders.cfm?A=Page&PID=4

Hybrid Zone Dynamics and Species Replacement between Orconectes Crayfishes in a Northern Wisconsin Lake
EVOLUTION International Journal of Organic Evolution
http://evol.allenpress.com/evolonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0014-3820&volume=055&issue=06&page=1153

Harmful Aquatic Hitchhikers: Crustaeceans: Rusty Crayfish
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
http://www.protectyourwaters.net/hitchhikers/crustaceans_rusty_crayfish.php

General Info Fact Sheets

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

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/Communications/pat05-pubs.htm#7

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

Exotics in the Chesapeake: An Introduction
Maryland Sea Grant College Program, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center & Chesapeake Bay Program
ftp://ftp.mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/exotics/Exotics_1.pdf

Exotic Animals, Understanding Species Invasions
Maryland Sea Grant College Program
ftp://ftp.mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/exotics/Exotics_2.pdf

Exotics in the Chesapeake: Exotic Plants
Maryland Sea Grant College Program, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center & Chesapeake Bay Program
ftp://ftp.mdsg.umd.edu/Public/MDSG/exotics/Exotics_3.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 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

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