Fact Sheets

Zebra Mussels Fact Sheets

Boaters: Take Action Against Zebra Mussels
Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Boaters—slow the spread of zebra mussels, and protect your boat too
Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Calcium Requirements and the Spread of Zebra Mussels
California Sea Grant College Program

Mid-Atlantic Zebra Mussel Fact Sheets
North Carolina Sea Grant College Program

Potential Control of Zebra Mussels Through Reproductive Intervention
Michigan Sea Grant College Program

Zebra Mussels
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Zebra Mussels
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Zebra mussels: a costly threat to North Carolina
North Carolina Sea Grant College Program

Zebra Mussels - A Florida Perspective
Florida Sea Grant College Program

The Zebra Mussel: Answers to Commonly Asked Questions
New York Sea Grant Institute

Zebra mussels may clog irrigation systems
Michigan Sea Grant College Program

Zebra Mussels: Questions and Answers for Inland Lake Managers
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

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

Round Goby Fact Sheets

Round Goby
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Round Gobies Invade North America
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

Sea Lamprey Fact Sheets

Alien Profile: Sea Lamprey
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Sea Lamprey: The Battle Continues
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program

Sea Lamprey: A Great Lakes Invader
United States Geological Survey

Sea Lamprey: A Great Lakes Invader
Great Lakes Fishery Commission and Fisheries Research Board of Canada

TFM and Sea Lamprey Control: A Success Story
Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Sea Lamprey Barriers: New Technologies Help Solve an Old Problem
Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Sterile-Male-Release-Technique: An Innovative Sea Lamprey Control Method
Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Sea Lamprey Assessment: Improving Control Through Better Understanding
Great Lakes Fisheries Commission

International Sea Lamprey Management on the St. Mary’s River: Everyone Wins…But the Sea Lampreys
Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Ruffe Fact Sheets

Eurasian Ruffe
Pennsylvania Sea Grant Program

Ruffe: A new threat to our fisheries
Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Ruffe ("Gymnocephalus cernuus")
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program

Spiny Water Flea Fact Sheets

Spiny Water Flea, Bythotrephes cederstroemi: Another unwelcome newcomer to the Great Lakes
Ohio Sea Grant College Program

The spiny water flea, "Bythotrephes": a newcomer to the Great Lakes
Ohio Sea Grant College Program

Fishhook Flea Fact Sheets

Aquatic Nuisance Species Alert: Cercopagis pengoi - Fishhook Waterflea, Don't Help it Spread
Ohio Sea Grant College Program, NOAA & OHDNR

Fishhook Water Flea (Cercopagis pengoi)
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters

Guidelines for Reducing the Spread of "Fishhook Waterfleas"
New York Sea Grant Institute

Harmful Aquatic Hitchhikers: Crustaceans: Spiny Water Flea and Fishhook Water Flea
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force

Spiny and Fishhook Water Fleas
Pennsylvania Sea Grant Program

Purple Loosestrife Fact Sheets

Purple Loosestrife
Aquatic Plant Management Society

Purple Loosestrife
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Purple Loosestrife
Michigan Sea Grant

Purple Loosestrife
Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group

Purple Loosestrife: An Exotic Menace
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Purple Loosestrife: What You Should Know, What You Can Do
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program

Species Abstracts of Highly Disruptive Exotic Plants at Effigy Mounds National Monument, Lythrum salicaria
U.S. Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Eurasian Watermilfoil Fact Sheets

Eurasian watermilfoil
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program

Eurasian Watermilfoil
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Eurasian Watermilfoil
Aquatic Plant Management Society

Eurasian Watermilfoil
Plant Conservation Alliance, Alien Plant Working Group

Eurasian water-milfioil
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

WANTED!! Information on the Location of this Exotic Plant
New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Bighead and Silver Carp Fact Sheets

Asian Carp
Great Lakes Fishery Commission

Asian Carp
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Asian Carp
Mississippi River Basin Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species

Asian Carp
United States Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center

Asian Carp in Alabama
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

Asian Carp Invasion of the Upper Mississippi River System
U.S. Geological Survey

Asian Carp Key to Identification
Mississippi River Basin Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species

Asian Carp Poised to Invade the Great Lakes
Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species

Bighead and Silver Carp in the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
U.S. Geological Survey

Electric Barrier May Stop Asian Carp
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

Brazilian Elodea Fact Sheets

Non-Native Freshwater Plants Brazilian Elodea
Washington State, Department of Ecology

Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa)
Natural Resources and Parks, King County Washington

Rusty Crayfish Fact Sheets

Rusty Crayfish Factsheet
Minnesota Sea Grant

Rusty Crayfish
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Rusty Crayfish
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters

Harmful Aquatic Hitchhikers: Crustaeceans: Rusty Crayfish
U.S Fish and Wildlife Service

General Info Fact Sheets

Aquatic Invasive Species: A Guide to Least-wanted Aquatic Organisms of the Pacific Northwest
Washington Sea Grant College Program

Be on the Lookout...Invasive Species on the Move in Louisiana
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program

Bio-invasions: Breaching Natural Barriers
Washington Sea Grant College Program

Divers Alert! Dive Card
Florida Sea Grant Institute

Exotics of Lake Ontario
New York Sea Grant Institute

Exotic species in the Great Lakes
Michigan Sea Grant College Program

Exotic Species of Aquatic Illinois
Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Hitchhikers: MIT Sea Grant guide to exotic species
MIT Sea Grant

Invasive Aquatic Pants: What Every Plant Enthusiast Needs to Know
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

Invasive Species of Lakes Erie and Ontario
New York Sea Grant Institute

Pennsylvania's Field Guide to Aquatic Invasive Species
Pennsylvania Sea Grant

Protect Our Waters
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

STOP! Don't Release Non-native Species!
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program

Three State Exotic Species Boater Survey: What do boaters know and do they care?
Minnesota Sea Grant College Program

What are Marine Bioinvaders?
MIT Sea Grant College Program

How Exotic Species Spread Fact Sheets

Ballast Water Brochure
California Sea Grant College Program

Don't Release Non-Native Species - Aquarium Hobbyists
Florida Sea Grant College Program

The Problem
GloBallast Water Management Programme

Stop Ballast Water Invasions
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program

'Preventing Spread' Fact Sheets

The Scope of the National Aquatic Hitchhiker Problem
ANS Task Force

Help Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in collaboration with Minnesota Sea Grant College Program