GLERL Aquatic Nuisance Species Resources

Brochures and Information Sheets

(GLERL Brochures and Information Sheets are available Print-on-Demand from the Internet at http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/brochures/)

Sturtevant, R. Great Lakes New Invader: Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala). NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (January 2007) PDF

Sturtevant, R. Lake Huron Foodweb. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (February 2007)

Reid, DF. NOAA National Center for Research on Aquatic Invasive Species. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (February 2006) PDF

Reid, DF. Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp.(May 2003) PDF

Sturtevant, R. Lake Michigan Foodweb. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (May 2002) PDF

GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) and the Great Lakes: Simple Questions, Complex Answers. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (2002). PDF

GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. Exotic, invasive, alien, nonindigenous, or nuisance species: No matter what you call them, they're a growing problem. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (2002). PDF

GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. Chemical Disinfection of Ballast Water. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. June 2002. PDF

GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. Transoceanic NOBOB vessels as vectors for non-indigenous species introductions to the Great Lakes. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (September 2002).

NALEPA, T. F. Changes in mussel populations in the Great Lakes: Native mussels eliminated from Lake St. Clair. Color Brochure, NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (September 2002).

GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY. The Zebra Mussel Connection: Nuisance Algal Blooms, Lake Erie Anoxia, and other Water Quality Problems in the Great Lakes. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 2 pp. (September 2002). PDF

Recent Scientific Publications

(GLERL Publications are available free of charge. Ordering information. Complete lists of GLERL publications.)

2008

POTHOVEN, S. A., and C. P. Madenjian. Changes in consumption by alewives and lake whitefish after Dreissenid mussel invasions in Lakes Michigan and Huron. North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28:308-320 (2008). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2008/20080005.pdf

2007

Cangelosi, A.A., N.L. Mays, M.D. Balcer, E.D. Reavie, D.M. Reid, R. STURTEVANT, and X. Gao. The response of zooplankton and phytoplankton from the North American Great Lakes to filtration. Harmful Algae 6:547-566 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070013.pdf

Gray, D. K., T. H. JOHENGEN, D. F. REID, and H. J. MacIsaac. Efficacy of open-ocean ballast water exchange as a means of preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports. Limnology and Oceanography 52(6):2386-2397 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070038.pdf

PANGLE, K.L., S.D. PEACOR, and O.E. Johansson. Large nonlethal effects of an invasive invertebrate predator on zooplankton population growth rate. Ecology 88(2):402-412 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070005.pdf

PEACOR, S.D., L. Schiesari, and E.E. Werner. Mechanisms of nonlethal predator effect on cohort size variation: ecological and evolutionary implications. Ecology 88(6):1536-1547 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070016.pdf

POTHOVEN, S.A., I.A. Grigorovich, G.L. FAHNENSTIEL, and M.D. Balcer. Introduction of the Ponto-Caspian bloody-red mysis Hemimysis anomala into the Lake Michigan basin. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:285-292 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070007.pdf

POTHOVEN, S.A., H.A. VANDERPLEOG, J.F. CAVALETTO, D.M. KRUEGER, D.M. MASON, and S.B. BRANDT. Alewife planktivory controls the abundance of two invasive predatory cladocerans in Lake Michigan. Freshwater Biology 52 (doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01728.x):561-573 (2007).

RAIKOW, D.F., P.F. LANDRUM, and D.F. REID. Aquatic invertebrate resting egg sensitivity to glutaraldehyde and sodium hypochlorite. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(8):1770-773 (2007).

RAIKOW, D.F., D.F. REID, E.R. Blatchley, G. JACOBS, and P.F. LANDRUM. Effects of proposed physical ballast tank treatments on aquatic invertebrate resting eggs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 26(4):717-725 (2007).

REID, D.F., R. STURTEVANT, and S.A. POTHOVEN. Calling on the public: Where in the Great Lakes basin is the newest aquatic invader, Hemimysis anomala? Aquatic Invaders 18(1):1-7 (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2007/20070006.pdf

Ruiz, G.M., and D.F. REID. Current state of understanding about the effectiveness of Ballast Water Exchange (BWE) in reducing Aquatic Nonindigenous Species (ANS) introductions to the Great Lakes basin and Chesapeake Bay, USA: Synthesis and analysis of existing information. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-142. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 127 pp. (2007). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-142/tm-142.pdf

Zaiko, A., S. Olenin, D. Daunys, and T.F. NALEPA. Vulnerability of benthic habitats to the aquatic invasive species. Biological Invasions 9:703-714 (doi 10.1007/s10530-006-9070-0) (2007). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060037.pdf

2006

JAEGAR, A. L. Invasive species impacts on ecosystem structure and function. Master’s Thesis. Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, E. Lansing, MI, 210 pp. (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060022.pdf

PANGLE, K. L., and S. D. PEACOR. Non-lethal effect of the invasive predator Bythotrephes longimanus on Daphnia mendotae. Freshwater Biology 51:1070-1078 (2006).

REID, D.F. Conversion of specific gravity to salinity for ballast water regulatory management. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-139. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 24 pp. (2006). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-139/tm-139.pdf

Zhulidov, A. V., T. F. NALEPA, A. V. Kozhara, D. A. Zhulidov, and T. Y. Gurtovaya. Recent trends in relative abundance of two dreissenid species, Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis in the lower Don River System, Russia. Archives fur Hydrobiologie 165(2):209-220 (2006). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2006/20060010.pdf

2005

Bailey, S. A., K. Nandakumar, I. C. Duggan, C. D. A. Van Overdijk, T. H. JOHENGEN, D. F. REID, and H. J. MacIsaac. In situ hatching of invertebrate diapausing eggs from ship' ballast sediment. Diversity and Distributions 11:453-460 (2005).

Madenjian, C. P., T. O. Hook, E. S. Rutherford, D. M. MASON, T. E. CROLEY II, E. B. Szalai, and J. R. Bence. Recruitment variability of alewives in Lake Michigan. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 134:218-230 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050002.pdf

NALEPA, T. F., D. L. FANSLOW, and A. J. FOLEY III. Spatial patterns in population trends of the amphipod Diporeia spp. and Dreissena mussels in Lake Michigan. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 29:426-431 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050019.pdf

NALEPA, T. F., D. L. FANSLOW, G. A. LANG, and S. A. RUBERG. Recent trends in benthic macroinvertebrate populations in Lake Michigan. In State of Lake Michigan (SOLM) - Ecology, Health, and Management. T. Edsall and M. Munawar (eds.). Ecovision World Monograph Series, Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society, xxx-xxx (2005).

RAIKOW, D. F., D. F. REID, E. E. MAYNARD, and P. F. LANDRUM. Sensitivity of aquatic invertebrate resting eggs to SeaKleen (Menadione): A test of potential ballast tank treatment options. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25(2):552-559 (2006).

SANO, L. L., and P. F. LANDRUM. Evaluation of different biocides for potential use in treating overseas unballasted vessels entering the Great Lakes. Aquatic Invaders 16(July-September 2005):1-11 (2005).

SANO, L. L., A. M. Krueger, and P. F. LANDRUM. Chronic toxicity of glutaraldehyde: differential sensitivity of three freshwater organisms. Aquatic Toxicology 71:283-296 (2005). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2005/20050003.pdf

SANO, L. L., S. M. Bartell, and P. F. LANDRUM. Decay model for biocide treatment of unballasted vessels: Application for the Laurentian Great Lakes. Marine Pollution Bulletin 20:1050-1060 (2005).

2004

Bailey, S. A., I. C. Duggin, C. D. A. vanOverdijk, T. H. JOHENGEN, D. F. REID, and H. J. MacIsaac. Salinity tolerance of diapausing eggs of freshwater zooplankton. Freshwater Biology 49:286-295 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040003.pdf

Hook, T. O., E. S. Rutherford, S. J. Brines, C. A. Geddes, D. M. MASON, D. J. SCHWAB, and G. W. Fleischer. Landscape scale measures of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) bioenergetic growth rate potential in Lake Michigan and comparison with angler catch rates. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30(4):545-556 (2004).

POTHOVEN, S. A., and H. A. VANDERPLOEG. Diet and prey selection of alewives in Lake Michigan: seasonal, depth, and interannual patterns. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 13077 (2004).

RAIKOW, D. F. Food web interactions between larval bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) and exotic zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61(3):497-504 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040009.pdf

SANO, L. L., M. A. Mapili, A. Krueger, E. Garcia, D. C. GOSSIAUX, K. Phillips, and P. F. LANDRUM. Comparative efficacy of potential chemical disinfectants for treating unballasted vessels. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30(1):201-216 (2004).

Zhulidov, A. V., D. F. Pavlov, T. F. NALEPA, G. H. Scherbina, D. A. Zhulidov, and T. U. Gurtovaya. Relative distributions of Dreissena bugensis and Dreissena polymorpha in the lower Dan River, Russia. International Review of Hydrobiology 89(3):326-333 (2004). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2004/20040010.pdf

2003

Hook, T. O., E. S. Rutherford, S. J. Brines, D. M. MASON, D. J. SCHWAB, M. J. McCORMICK, G. W. Fleischer and T. J. DeSorcie. Spatially explicit measures of production of young alewives in Lake Michigan: linkage between essential fish habitat and recruitment. Estuaries 26(1):21-29 (2003).

LANDRUM, P. F., L. L. SANO, M. A. MAPILI, E. GARCIA, A. M. KRUEGER and R. A. Moll. Degradation of chemical biocides with application to ballast water treatment. NOAA Technical Memorandum GLERL-123. NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI, 37 pp. (2003). ftp://ftp.glerl.noaa.gov/publications/tech_reports/glerl-123/

LOZANO, S. J., and T. F. NALEPA. Disruption of the benthic community in Lake Ontario. In State of Lake Ontario (SOLO) - Past, Present, and Future. M. Munawar (Ed.). Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society, 305-322 (2003).

NALEPA, T. F., D. L. FANSLOW, M. B. LANSING, and G. A. LANG. Trends in the benthic macroinvertebrate community of Saginaw Bay, 1987-96: Responses to phosphorus abatement and Dreissena polymorpha. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(1):14-33 (2003).

POTHOVEN, S. A., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, and H. A. VANDERPLOEG. Population characteristics of Bythotrephes in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(1):145-156 (2003).

SANO, L. L., R. A. Moll, A. M. KRUEGER, and P. F. LANDRUM. Assessing the potential efficacy of Glutaraldehyde for biocide treatment of un-ballasted transoceanic vessels. Journal of Great Lakes Research 29(4):545-557 (2003).

VANDERPLOEG, H. A. Ecological forecasting of impacts of ponto-caspian species in the Great Lakes: Describing, understanding, and predicting a system in transition. In Ecological Forecasting: New Tools for Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Management. N. Valette-Silver and D. Scavia (eds.). NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 1, Silver Spring, MD, 81-84 (2003). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2003/20030015.pdf

2002

Reid, D. F., and M. I. Orlova. Geological and evolutionary underpinnings for the success of ponto-caspian species invasions in the Baltic Sea and North American Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59:1144-1158 (2002). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2002/20020011.pdf

Vanderploeg, H. A., T. F. Nalepa, D. J. Jude, E. L. Mills, K. T. Holeck, J. R. Liebig, I. A. Grigorovich, and H. Ojaveer. Dispersal and emerging ecological impacts of Ponto-Caspian species in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59:1209-1228 (2002). http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2002/20020012.pdf

2001

AGY, M. A. Changes in the nearshore and offshore zooplankton communities of southeastern Lake Michigan. Master's Thesis, University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, 52 pp. (2001).

Budd, J. W., T. D. Drummer, T. F. NALEPA, and G. L. FAHNENSTIEL. Remote sensing of biotic effects: Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) influence on water clarity in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. Limnology and Oceanography 46(2):213-223 (2001).

Lozano, S. J., J. V. Scharold, and T. F. NALEPA. Recent declines in benthic macroinvertebrate densities in Lake Ontario. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58(3):518-529 (2001).

Nalepa, T.F., D.J. Hartson, D.L. Fanslow, and G.A. Lang. Recent population changes in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae) and zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in Lake St. Clair, USA. American Malacological Bulletin 16(1/2):141-145 (2001).

NALEPA, T. F., D. W. Schloesser, S. A. POTHOVEN, D. HONDORP, D. L. FANSLOW, M. Tuchman, and G. Fleischer. First finding of the amphipod Echinogammarus ischnus and the mussel Dreissena bugensis in Lake Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research 27(3):384-391 (2001).

Pothoven, SA; Fahnenstiel, GL;Vanderploeg, HA. 2001. Population dynamics of Bythotrephes cederstroemii in south-east Lake Michigan 1995-1998 Freshwater Biology 46 (11): 1491-1501 NOV 2001.

Pothoven, SA; Nalepa, TF; Schneeberger, PJ; Brandt, SB. 2001. Changes in diet and body condition of lake whitefish in southern Lake Michigan associated with changes in benthos. North American Journal of Fisheries Management, 21 (4): 876-883 NOV 2001. [Zebra mussels]

VANDERPLOEG, H. A., J. R. LIEBIG, W. W. Carmichael, M. A. AGY, T. H. JOHENGEN, G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, and T. F. NALEPA. Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) selective filtration promoted toxic Microcystis bloom in Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron) and Lake Erie. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58(6):1208-1221 (2001).

2000

Breneman, D., C. Richards, and S. LOZANO. Environmental influences on benthic community structure in a Great Lakes embayment. Journal of Great Lakes Research 26(3):287-304 (2000).

BRIDGEMAN, T. B., G. Messick, and H. A. VANDERPLOEG. Sudden appearance of cysts and ellobiopsid parasites on zooplankton in a Michigan lake: a potential explanation of tumor-like anomalies. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 57(8):1539-1544 (2000).

LAVRENTYEV, P. J., W. S. GARDNER, and L. Yang. Effects of the zebra mussel on nitrogen dynamics and the microbial community at the sediment-water interface. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 21:187-194 (2000).

NALEPA, T. F., G. A. LANG, and D. L. FANSLOW. Trends in benthic macroinvertebrate populations in southern Lake Michigan. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 27:2540-2545 (2000).

1999

Ma, X., K. A. Bruner, S. W. Fisher, and P. F. LANDRUM. Absorption of hydrophobic contaminants from ingested Chlamydomonas rheinhardtii and Chlorella vulgaris by zebra mussels, Dreissena polymorpha. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25(2):305-317 (1999).

NALEPA, T. F., G. L. FAHNENSTIEL, and T. H. JOHENGEN. Impacts of the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) on water quality: A case study in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. In Non-Indigenous Freshwater Organisms in North America: Their Biology and Impact, R. Claudi and J.H. Leach (Eds.), CRC Press, Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, FL, pp. 255-271 (1999).

1998

GOSSIAUX, D. G., LANDRUM, P. F., and Fisher, S. W. The assimilation of contaminants from suspended sediment and algae by the zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha. Chemosphere 36(15): 3181-3197 (1998).

Current Research Projects (Some projects pending external funding)

(Task Reports for all continuing projects are available at http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/)

• ISP / NCRAIS
• Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS)
• Hemimysis Survey and Monitoring Network
• Computational Modeling of Ballast Tanks to Improve Understanding and Maximize Effectiveness of Management Practices and Treatment Mechanisms
• Assessing Ecological Risks Posed by a Ballast Water Disinfectant
• Assessment of Transoceanic No-Ballast-On-Board (NOBOB) Vessels and Low-Salinity Ballast Water as Vectors for Nonindigenous Species Introductions to the Great Lakes Project
• NOBOB-B: Identifying, Verifying, and Establishing Options for Best Management Practices for NOBOB Vessels
• NOBOB-S: Salinity/Brine Exposure as a Biocide
• Invertebrate Resting Eggs As Secondary Aquatic Invasion Vectors
• Does infrared light inhibit the attachment of zebra mussels?
• Impact of Exotic Invertebrate Invaders on Food Web Structure and Function in the Great Lakes: Development of Network Analysis Tools
• Development of a Food Web Model (DOVE- Digital Organisms in a Virtual Ecosystem) to Examine Problems Concerning Invasive Species
• Pelagic-Benthic Coupling in Nearshore Lake Michigan
• Changes in the Pelagic Food Web of Southern Lake Michigan: A Food Web Under Stress from Non-indigenous Species?
• Status of the pelagic food web in Lake Michigan: post quagga mussels
• Assessments of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the Great Lakes region
• Long Term Trends in Benthic Populations in Lake Michigan
• Implications of Cercopagis and Bythotrephes to Alewife Recruitment and Stability of the Lake Michigan Pelagic Food Web
• Trait-mediated Effects of Invasive Predatory Cladocerans
• Evolution of invasive species: characterization and effects of changes in Bythotrephes
• Ecological Consequences of Induction
• Estimating the distribution patterns of Dreissenids in Lake Erie
• Biomass, Condition of Western Lake Erie Dreissenids
• Growth and Filtering Rates of Dreissenids in Western Lake Erie
• Dreissenid mussels as homeostatic filter feeders and nutrient excreters
• Theory & Modeling of Algal Blooms Influenced by Zebra and Quagga mussels
• Micro-elemental analysis of statoliths as a tool for tracking tributary origins of sea lamprey