- 100th Meridian Initiative
- Cooperative effort between U.S. state, provincial, and federal agencies to prevent the westward spread of zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species in North America. - Alien Ocean: Understanding Species Invasions
- Videos, fact sheets, and news releases from the Maryland Sea Grant program. Focuses on exotics in the Chesapeake Bay region. - Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
- Dedicated to the prevention and control of aquatic nuisance species. - Aquatic Nuisance Species in Arizona
- Contains working documents regarding zebra mussels, exotic aquatic plants, and other aquatic nuisance species. - Biological Pollution: Aquatic Invasive Species
- Summarizes the ongoing efforts of the Northeast-Midwest Institute to prevent the introduction and spread of nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species. - Eleventh International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species
- Looks at ships as a vector for invasive species transfer, Zebra Mussel control technologies, and aquatic plant assessments. - Exotic Species and Their Effects on the Great Lakes
- Provides identification and profile sheets for the Round Goby, Sea Lamprey, Spiny Water Flea, Zebra Mussel, Ruffe, Purple Loosestrife. - Field Guide to Aquatic Exotic Plants and Animals
- Part of the Minnesota Sea Grant exotic species outreach program. - Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory Nonindigenous Species Program
- Examining the role of the zebra mussel in promoting nuisance blooms of the potentially toxic blue-green alga Microcystis on Saginaw Bay and the effects of these blooms on the ecosystem and the mussels themselves. - Live and Fresh Seafood: Into the Pan, Not Into the Wild
- Learn what you can do to prevent the introduction of marine and freshwater invasive seafood, such as finfish, crabs, oysters, clams, turtles, algae, and any animals or plants that may travel on seafood and seafood products. - National Marine Invasions Center - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)@
- Non-Native Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
- Teacher resource identifying the non-native invasive species have become established in and around the Great Lakes since the 1800s. - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program
- Information from the USGS Florida Caribbean Science Centre. - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS)
- Information resource for the United States Geological Survey. - Nonindigenous Bryozoans Distribution Information
- Maps from the USGS showing where these colonial, sessile animals can be found. - Protect Your Waters and Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers!
- Provides information for recreational boaters in the U.S. who want to help stop aquatic nuisance species. - SCDNR Aquatic Nuisance Species Program
- Lists illegal aquatic plants in South Carolina, addresses the Zebra Mussel threat, and provides information about their habitat enhancement programs. - Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site (SGNIS)
- National information centre that contains a comprehensive collection of research publications and education materials on zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species. - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Zebra Mussel Research Program
- Federally authorized research program for the development of technology to control Zebra Mussels. - Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species
- Formed in 1997 to help limit the introduction, spread and impacts of aquatic nuisance species into the Western Region of North America.
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