Exotic Species

The following are key papers about exotic species which are recommended reading material. This is in no way a complete list of available literature on the topic, and the GLFC is unable to provide direct links to these articles due to copyright issues.

• Hall, S. R. and E. L. Mills (2000). "Exotic species in large lakes of the world." Aquatic and Ecosystem Health Management 3(1): 105-135.
• MacIsaac, H. J., I. A. Grigorovich, et al. (2001). "Reassessment of species invasions concepts: The Great Lakes basin as a model." Biological Invasions 3(4): 405-416.
• Mills, E. L., J. H. Leach, et al. (1993). "Exotic species in the Great Lakes: A history of biotic crises and anthropogenic introductions." Journal of Great Lakes Research 19(1): 1-54.
• Pimentel, D., L. Lach, et al. (2000). "Environmental and economic costs of nonindigenous species in the United States." BioScience 50(1): 53-65.
• Pimentel, D., R. Zuniga, et al. (2005). "Update on the environmental and economnic costs associated with alien-invasive species in the United States." Ecological economics 52(3): 273-288.
• Ricciardi, A. (2001). "Facilitative interactions among aquatic invaders: Is an 'invasional meltdown' occurring in the Great Lakes?" Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 58: 2513-2525.
• Ricciardi, A. (2006). "Patterns of invasion in the Laurentian Great Lakes in relation to changes in vector activity." Diversity and Distributions 12: 425-433.
• Ricciardi, A. and J. B. Rasmussen (1999). "Extinction rates of North American freshwater fauna." Conservation Biology 13(5): 1220-1222.

• Invasive Species, Then and Now: An Interactive Timeline
• Congressional testimony: Statement in Support of The Non-Native Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act (H.R. 6311): Legislation to Protect Against Invasive Species
• Congressional testimony: The Threat Posed to The Great Lakes Basin by Asian Carp
• Congressional testimony: Protecting and Restoring The Great Lakes Fishery
• Letters to delegates of the International Maritime Organization (regarding ballast water)
• Canada Delegation
• US Delegation
   
• Letters in support of listing Asian carp as injurious species
• GLFC
  • Black Carp
  • Bighead Carp
  • Silver Carp
• Council of Lake Committees
  • Black Carp
  • Bighead Carp
  • Silver Carp
• Law Enforcement Committee
  • Black Carp
  • Bighead Carp
  • Silver Carp
     
• Research and Management Priorities for Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
• Environmental Assessment Tool for Aquaculture in the Great Lakes Basin
• Reference on Ballast Water Management
• GLFC-IJC letter on ballast management
• White Paper on Trophic Disruption(Ballast Invaders)
• CLC Consultation Guidelines on Introductions in the Great Lakes Basin
• United States Coast Guard Environmental Standards
• An IJC White Paper On Policies for the Prevention of the Invasion of the Great Lakes by Exotic Organisms, July 15, 1999 
• Exotics and Public Policy in the Great Lakes: The Results of a Workshop at the Biennial Great Lakes Water Quality Forum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 23 and 26 September 1999
• Analysis of Law and Policies Concerning Exotic Invasions of the Great Lakes
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS), information resource for the United States Geological Survey
• "Exotic Species in the Great Lakes: A History of Biotic Crises and Anthropogenic Introductions" (tables only).  Mills,E.L. et al 1993. J. Great Lakes Res. 19(1):1-54
  • Ricciardi, A. 2001. Facilitative interactions among aquatic invaders among aquatic invaders: is an “invasional meltdown” occurring in the Great Lakes? Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci58:2513-2525
• What's Next? The prediction and management of exotic species in the Great Lakes, GLFC Workshop, 1991
• Ruffe in the Great Lakes: A threat to North American fisheries by GLFC Ruffe Task Force, 1992
• Exotic species and the shipping industry: The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Ecosystem at risk, 1990
• Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List