Databases

Ballast Water: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
http://invasions.si.edu/NBIC/ballast.html

United States Geological Survey: Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Information Resource
http://nas.er.usgs.gov/

International Nonindigenous Species Database Network
http://www.nisbase.org/nisbase/index.jsp

ANS Examples

European Green Crab

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(Carcinus maenas)

Native distribution is along the coasts of the North and Baltic Seas. Potential competitors for the food sources of native fish and bird species.

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