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Chinese Mitten Crab Fact Sheets

Chinese Mitten Crab (Eriocheir sinensis)
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
http://www.iisgcp.org/edk-12/EXOTICSP/Chinese_Mitten_Crab.htm

Chinese Mitten Crab
Washington Sea Grant
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/mas/ecohealth/invasive_crabs/mitten_crab.html

Eriocheir sinensis (Milne Edwards, 1853)
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission
http://nis.gsmfc.org/nis_factsheet.php?toc_id=132

Cordgrass Fact Sheets

Spartina alternaflora Smooth Cordgrass
The Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
http://www.wapms.org/plants/spartina.html

Common Cordgrass (Spartina anglica C.E. Hubbard)
Washington State Department of Agriculture
http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weed_info/Written_findings/Spartina_anglica.html

Green Algae Fact Sheets

A Study of the Basic Biology of California’s Caulerpa taxifolia
California Sea Grant
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/BOOKSTORE/Resources/PP2007/Willams.pdf

Stopping the Escape of Aquarium Plants into Coastal Waters
California Sea Grant
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/BOOKSTORE/Resources/PP2007/Murray.pdf

Caulerpa taxifolia
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
http://montereybay.noaa.gov/research/techreports/Caulerpa.html

Green Crab Fact Sheets

Green Crab
 Washington Sea Grant
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/mas/ecohealth/invasive_crabs/green_crab.html

Green Crab (Carcinus maenas)
Exotic Aquatics on the Move
http://www.iisgcp.org/edk-12/EXOTICSP/green_crab.htm

The European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) in Oregon: a preliminary survey of Yaquina, Coos, Winchester and Siletz Bays
 Maryland Sea Grant
http://oregonstate.edu/~yamadas/crab/rephome.htm

Largest Green Crab in Oregon
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
http://oregonstate.edu/~yamadas/crab/bigcrab.html

Aquatic Nuisance Species
 Oregon Clean Marina Program
http://www.oregon.gov/OSMB/Clean/ANS.shtml

Aquatic Nuisance Species: An Investigation of a Biological Control Agent for the Green Crab
California Sea Grant
http://www.csgc.ucsd.edu/RESEARCH/PROJPROF_PDF/RCZ162.pdf

An Endless Invasion? Green Crabs, New England Intruders, Move West
 Maryland Sea Grant
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/MarineNotes/Mar-Apr96/index.html

Carcinus maenas (European Green crab)
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/ans/identify/html/index.php?species=carcinus_maenas

European green crab: identification guide.
 Washington Sea Grant
http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/washu/washug98007.pdf

National Sea Grant College Program
 Washington Sea Grant
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/admin/pdfs/what_is_NSG_lr.pdf

A Guide to Least-Wanted Aquatic Organisms of the Pacific Northwest
Washington Sea Grant
http://www.wsg.washington.edu/mas/pdfs/leastwanted.pdf

European shore crab
National Introduced Marine Pest Informationh System (NIMPIS)
http://www.marine.csiro.au/crimp/nimpis/spSummary.asp?txa=6275

Teporate Shores: European Green Crabs
Sustainable Ecosystems Institute
http://www.sei.org/crabnews.html

GREEN CRAB NOW POSES THREAT IN BC WATERS
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/p-releas/1999/nr9967_e.htm

Hydrilla Fact Sheets

Hydrilla verticillata "The Perfect Aquatic Weed"
University of Florida, IFAS, Center for Aquatic Plants
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/hydcirc.html

HYDRILLA VERTICILLATA (L.F.) royle
University of Florida, IFAS, Center for Aquatic Plants
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/hydver2.pdf

Japanese Knotweed Fact Sheets

Knotweeds
 Whatcom Weeds
http://www.whatcomcounty.us/publicworks/pdf/weeds/knotweeds2.pdf

Japanese Knot (Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. & Zucc)
Washington State Noxious Weed Contraol Board
http://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weed_info/Polygonum_cuspidatum.html

New Zealand Mud Snail Fact Sheets

New Zealand Mudsnail
 ANS Task Force
http://anstaskforce.gov/spoc/nzms.php

NONINDIGENOUS SPECIES INFORMATION BULLETIN: New Zealand mudsnail
U.S. Geological Survey
http://cars.er.usgs.gov/mudsnail5.pdf

Potamopyrgus antipodarum
 USGS NAS-Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1008

STOP the Mudsnail
Trout Unlimited California
http://www.tucalifornia.org/nzmudsnail-feb04.pdf

New Zealand Mudsnails
Oregan Sea Grant
http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/sgpubs/onlinepubs/g06006_highres.pdf

STOP AQUATIC HITCHHIKERS!
Yellowstone National Park
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/upload/mudsnail.pdf

Nutria Fact Sheets

The Nutria
National Trappers Association
http://www.nationaltrappers.com/nutria.html

Nutria
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/springfield/Nutria.html

NUTRIA Myocastor coypus
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/swwd/nutria.pdf

Nutria
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
http://www.nutria.com/site.php

Nutria
Mammals of Texas
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/myoccoyp.htm

Nutria
Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
http://icwdm.org/handbook/rodents/Nutria.asp

Living with Nutria
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wlm/living/nutria.htm

Appetite for destruction
Statesman Journal Salem, Oregon
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/INVASIVE02/710280310

Got nutria? Here’s how to get rid of them:
Statesman Journal Salem, Oregon
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/INVASIVE02/71028011

Cook 'em up: Recipes for Nutria and Feral Pigs
Statesman Journal Salem, Oregon
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071028/INVASIVE02/71028012

Nutria
USDA
http://www.invasivespecies.gov/profiles/nutria.shtml

Myocastor coypus
USGS
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=1089

Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
Exotic Aquatics on the Move
http://www.iisgcp.org/edk-12/EXOTICSP/nutria.htm

Nonindiginous Aquatic Mammals in Freshwater Systems
Center for Aquatic Invasive Plants
http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/mcmasys.html

Worldwide Distribution, Spread of, and Efforts to Eradicate the Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
US Geological Survey
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/special/nutria/

Nutria
Virtual Dirt Time
http://dirttime.ws/Notebook/Nutria.htm

Nutria Skull
Skulls Unlimited
http://www.skullsunlimited.com/Nutria_Skull.html

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

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/

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

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

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

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

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

INVASIVE SPECIES IN OREGON
National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/wildlife/pdfs/OregonInvasives.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

On the Lookout for Aquatic Invaders: Indentification Guide for the Pacific Northwest
Oregon Sea Grant
http://seagrant.oregonstate.edu/themes/invasives/index.html

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

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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