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Home > Research by Programs > AIS
Aquatic Invasive Species
Task Leader: David Reid
Highlights
20 Years of Zebra & Quagga Mussel Research (.pdf)
Novirhabdovirus sp - Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Factsheet
Invasive Zooplankton Bloody Red Mysid (Hemimysis anomala) Discovered
Current Featured Projects
Coastwise 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
This project will produce a predictive model based on the environmental tolerances, abundance,
and life history characteristics of species and environmental characteristics of key Atlantic
and Great Lakes ballast-related ports. It will discriminate between those species that have
been successful versus unsuccessful at spreading among low salinity habitats along the eastern
US and the Great Lakes Region. If successful, it will provide an additional tool towards
reduction of risk of new species introductions, thus serving to enhance the protection and
integrity of the Great Lakes ecosystem.
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Effects of Non-indigenous Invertebrates on the Pelagic Food Web of Lake Michigan
The pelagic food web is experiencing rapid changes because
of ever increasing abundances of quagga mussels in Lake Michigan.
Quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) were first found
in Lake Michigan in 1997 (Nalepa et al. 2001) and by 2006 had
become abundant in offshore areas of the lake. These mussels
have replaced zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)
in shallow areas, and are rapidly proliferating in colder, deeper
areas where zebra mussels were not previously found. By understanding
how invasive species such as quagga mussels may have altered
the offshore pelagic food and trophic linkages, we will
be able to better predict the ability of systems with quagga
mussels to produce healthy and sustainable fishery stocks.
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Mapping the Condition of Diporeia: Insights into Mechanisms of Declines
The ramifications of the Diporeia decline in Lake Michigan have been far reaching,
affecting a series of ecologically and economically important fish and fisheries. Understanding
the mechanistic causes of this decline is necessary before any potential management actions can
be put forth. A large scale field survey in conjunction with lab work to characterize metabolite
profiles should contribute towards improving such mechanistic understanding and hopefully
facilitate future hindcasting/forecasting.
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Complete Listing of GLERL Aquatic Invasive Species Program Projects
Data products
Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System Database
Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List
This list was compiled by the NOAA National Center for Aquatic Invasive
Species Research at GLERL.
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Conversion of specific gravity to salinity for ballast water regulatory management.
NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-139. Reid, D.F. (2006) .NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research
Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 24 pp.
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Physical and Chemical Variables of Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron in
1991-1993. NOAA Technical Memorandum TM-091, Nalepa et al. (1996).
Chlorophyll, nutrients, alkalinity, carbon, and total suspended solids
data collected in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron from 1991-1993.
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Complete Listing of GLERL Data Products
Selected Software products
EcoNetwrk software
A Windows-compatible tool to analyze ecological flow networks; available for download.
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Complete Listing of GLERL Software Products
*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
Nalepa, T. F., Fanslow, D. L., and Lang G. 2009.
Transformation of the offshore benthic community in Lake Michigan: recent shift
from the native amphipod Diporeia spp. to the invasive
mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis. Freshwater
Biology 54: 466-479.
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Pothoven, S. A., and C. P. Madenjian. Changes in consumption by alewives and lake whitefish
after Dreissenid mussel invasions in Lakes Michigan and Huron. North American Journal of
Fisheries Management 28:308-320 (2008).
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Gray, D. K., T. H. Johengen, D. F. Reid, and H. J. MacIsaac. Efficacy of open-ocean ballast
water exchange as a means of preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports.
Limnology and Oceanography 52(6):2386-2397 (2007).
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Selected Brochures
Exotic, Invasive, Alien, Nonindigenous, or Nuisance Species: No matter what you call them,
they're a growing problem
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Aquatic Invasive Species and the Great Lakes: Simple Questions, Complex Answers
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