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Articles and Issue Papers

Economic Impact of Aquatic Nuisance Species
Economic Impacts of Aquatic Invasive Species: A Review of the Literature (January 2005, Lovell and Stone)
Report:Estimates of Economic Impact from ANS (2001, Phillips)
Issue Paper:"Potential Economic Impacts of Zebra Mussels on the Hydropower Facilities in the Columbia River Basin" (pdf) (Phillips et al. 2005)
Factoids: Economic Threats Posed by Aquatic Nuisance Species (Southwick Associates)

Marine Aquaculture
Issue Paper: Marine Aquaculture #2 (November 2006, Phillips)
Issue Paper: Environmental Impacts of Marine Aquaculture (pdf) (Phillips 2005)
Issue Paper: Marine Aquaculture (pdf) (Phillips 2005)

Zebra Mussel
Invasive Mussel Guidebook For Recreational Water Managers and Users, California Resources Agency (October 2008)
Biological Control of Zebra and Quagga Mussels with Pseudomonas fluorescens (Molloy and Mayer, 2007)
Issue Paper:"Potential Economic Impacts of Zebra Mussels on the Hydropower Facilities in the Columbia River Basin" (pdf) (Phillips et al. 2005)
Issue Paper:"Overview of a Novel Green Technology: Biological Control of Zebra and Quagga Mussels with Pseudomonas fluorescens" (pdf) (Daniel P. Molloy and Denise A. Mayer August 24, 2007)

Chinese Mitten Crab
Report: Mitten Crab (Eriocheir spp.) Recruitment: Factors that Influence Larval Supply and Return to Settlement Sites (pdf) (Hanson and Sytsma 2005)
Report: The Potential For Mitten Crab Colonization of Estuaries on the West Coast of North America (pdf) (Hanson and Sytsma 2005)

Green Crab
Status of the European Green Crab, Carcinus maenas, in British Columbia – 2006 (Gillespie et al., 2007).
Global Invader: The European Green Crab (Behrens Yamada 2001) (for purchase, $15)
Recent Biological Invasion May Hasten Invasional Meltdown by Accelerating Historical Introductions (Grosholz 1995)

Ballast Water
Issue Paper: Ballast Water Issue Paper (Management Technologies Shore Based Treatment, Hull Fouling and NOBOBs, Regulations, Legislation) (Phillips 2006)
Report: Workshop Report on Testing of Ballast Water Treatment Systems: General Guidelines and Step-wise Strategy Toward Shipboard Testing (June 14-16 2005, Portland, Oregon)
Proceedings: Workshop on Alternate Ballast Water Exchange Areas: Physical and Biological Oceanographic Considerations (June 20-22, 2006)

Other
Middle Columbia River Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Survey (Portland State University, November 2007)

ANS Example

Caulerpa

(Caulerpa Taxifolia)

Nicknamed "killer algae", part of this species success as an invader in non-native habitats is the lack of natural predators. Predation by herbivorous fish and invertebrates is an important controlling factor in the ecology of this alga. C. taxifolia grows unchecked in environments with no natural predators.

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