Prevention

The Invasive Species Program conducts research and develops methods and technologies to prevent the introduction of invasive species.  As part of their strategic plan, they strive to:

• Develop methodologies and approaches for identification, quantification, monitoring, and managing pathways and associated vectors of transport.
• Develop methodologies for assessing the effectiveness of prevention methods and technologies (e.g., ballast water treatment).
• Research on interacting environmental processes, socioeconomic factors, and human behaviors that influence the contributions of various pathways and vectors to the introduction and spread of known or potentially invasive species.

Below is a sampling of research conducted in USGS Science Centers that deal with Prevention:

• Application of Species Analyst Model to Predict Establishment and Potential Dispersal of Nonindigenous Fishes - (Principle Investigator: Sherry Bostick, FISC)
  
  
• Building Experimental Capacity to Assess Ballast Treatment Effectiveness and Residual Risk - (Principle Investigator: Scott Smith, WFRC)
  
  
• Ecological Effects of Non-Native Fish Introductions in Voyageurs National Park - (Principle Investigator: Larry Kallemeyn, CERC)
  
  
• New Method for Control of Zebra Mussels and Asian Clams: Effect of Carbon Dioxide and Gas Supersaturation on Stress and Survivorship - (Principle Investigator: Barnaby Watten, LSC)
  
  
• Potential Biological Invasions Associated with Interbasin Water Transfers - (Principle Investigator: Greg Linder, CERC)
  
  
• Pre-fire fuel Manipulation Impacts on Alien Plant Invasion of Wildlands - (Principle Investigator: Jon Keeley, WERC)