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Ohio Sea Grant College Program
and Stone Laboratory

Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory

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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A/AS-005-PD Project Status A/AS-005-PD: Completed

Started: 7/1/1992, Status: Completed

"Invasion of zebra mussels to inland lakes and reservoirs: What does it mean and what can be done about it?" (A special symposium for the North America Lake Management Society)

A/EP-007 

Started: 6/1/2003

A National ANS Outreach Campaign for the Aquarium Industry and Hobbyists Consumers: A Collaborative Effort Involving the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Great Lakes Sea Grant Network

R/ZM-014 Project Status R/ZM-014: Completed

Started: 9/1/1992, Status: Completed

A Policy Framework for Non-Indigenous Species in the Great Lakes

R/ZM-001 Project Status R/ZM-001: Completed

Started: 9/1/1991, Status: Completed

Accumulation and Trophic Transfer of Organic Xenobiotics by the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena polymorpha: The Role of Route of Exposure and Lipid Content

A/NIS-005 

Started: 10/1/2001

Aquatic nuisance species research and outreach: reducing the risk of ANS transfer by baitfish supply through the HACCP process

A/NIS-004 

Started: 10/1/1999

Aquatic Nuisance Species Research and Outreach: Sustaining Wild Harvest and Aquaculture of Bait Fish in ANS Infested Waters and Reducing Risk of ANS Spread

R/ZM-019-PD Project Status R/ZM-019-PD: Completed

Started: 4/1/1993, Status: Completed

Assessing the fitness and variability of Lake Erie unionids following encrustation by zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha)

R/ZM-020-PD Project Status R/ZM-020-PD: Completed

Started: 5/15/1997, Status: Completed

Benthic Invertebrate Communities along Zebra Mussel-Macrophyte Gradients

R/NIS-003 Project Status R/NIS-003: Completed

Started: 3/1/1998, Status: Completed

Benthic-Pelagic Coupling: Community Responses to Round Goby Predation on Zebra Mussels

R/LR-002 Project Status R/LR-002: Completed

Started: 9/1/1986, Status: Completed

Competitive Interactions of the Invading White Perch with the Yellow Perch of Lake Erie

R/PS-006-PD Project Status R/PS-006-PD: Completed

Started: 4/1/1990, Status: Completed

Contribution of the Zebra Mussel to Contaminant Cycling in the Great Lakes

R/PS-007-PD Project Status R/PS-007-PD: Completed

Started: 12/1/1990, Status: Completed

Control of Zebra Mussels with Lemmatoxins, a natural molluscicide from Phytolacca dodecandra

R/ZM-026 Project Status R/ZM-026: Completed

Started: 9/1/1994, Status: Completed

Design and Test of a Novel Device for the Control of Zebra Mussel Infestation in Water Piping Systems

R/ZM-008-PD Project Status R/ZM-008-PD: Completed

Started: 5/1/1992, Status: Completed

Developing Mass Culture Techniques for Rearing Larvae of the Zebra Mussel, Dreissena Polymorpha

R/EM-030-PD 

Started: 6/16/2008

Development of an Unstructured Grid of Lake Erie for Hydrodynamic Modeling