Aquatic Invasive Species
Estimates vary, but it is likely that over 180 different species have invaded the Great Lakes watershed. Invasives can outcompete our natives, change the biological pathways of nutrients and toxins, become a nuisance by fouling man-made structures, or have entirely unforeseen impacts on the natural community or regional economies. Staying on top of new invasions and striving to prevent future ones is essential to Lake Erie's future health.
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E/NIS-001
Started: 9/1/1997, Status: CompletedExotic Species Day Camp: A Regional Teacher Training Initiative
R/NIS-107-SG
Started: 9/1/1997, Status: CompletedZebra Mussels as Determinants of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Composition in Western Lake Erie: A Systematics Approach to Species Responses
R/NIS-108-SG
Started: 9/1/1997, Status: CompletedSystematics and Population Genetic Divergences of Invasive Dreissenid Mussels in North America Versus Native Eurasian Populations
R/NIS-109-SG
Started: 9/1/1997, Status: CompletedSystematic Relationships Among North American Ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus), Eurasian Populations, and Related Species Based on Mitochondrial DNA Sequences and Morphology
R/NIS-005-PD
Started: 9/1/1997, Status: CompletedGenetic Relationships of Ruffe Populations in North America and Eurasia Based on DNA Sequences
R/EM-020
Started: 3/1/1998Spatial Dynamic Modeling of Large Lake Lower Trophic Level Dynamics: Effects of Zebra Mussels and Nutrient Loading
R/ER-043
Started: 3/1/1998Effects of Zebra Mussels on Benthic Microbial Processes: Field and Laboratory Tests of the Hypothesis that Dreissena polymorpha Feeding Activity Increases Benthic Microbial Processes
R/NIS-003
Started: 3/1/1998, Status: CompletedBenthic-Pelagic Coupling: Community Responses to Round Goby Predation on Zebra Mussels
R/ZM-028
Started: 3/1/1998Substrate and Zebra Mussels: Controls and Impacts on Fish Reproductive Habitat--Western Basin Reefs
R/ZM-029-PD
Started: 6/1/1998Test a Mechanical Vacuum Device for Zebra Mussel Control in Fire Protection Piping Systems of Locks and Dams
R/NIS-006-PD
Started: 3/1/1999, Status: CompletedGenetic Variability and Relationships of Dreissenid Mussels in North American and Eurasian Populations, Based on Nuclear DNA Markers
R/NIS-110-PD
Started: 4/1/1999, Status: CompletedVocalizations of Round Gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) and Mottled Sculpins
R/ER-054-PD
Started: 8/1/1999Phragmites australis: Response to Wave Exposure Gradients, Substrate Characteristics, and Its Effect on the Diversity of Shoreline Vegetation in a Lake Erie Coastal Marsh
E/NIS-002
Started: 10/1/1999, Status: CompletedExotic Aquatics on the Move: Building a Web of Awareness for Geography Educators and Students [NOTE: Proposal is being jointly submitted as a collaborative effort by six Sea Grant programs under the leadership of IL-IN Sea Grant.]
