Web Links to Non-Native Aquatic Species Related Sites

Primary Sites
General Sites
U.S. Regional Sites
Foreign Sites
Ballast Water Sites
Fish Sites
Invertebrate Sites
Plant Sites

Primary Sites:

• North American Brown Tree Snake Control Team. The NABTSCT: Working to Keep America BTS Free.
• Nonindigenous Aquatic Species. United States Geological Survey.
• Marine Invasions Research Lab. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center.
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Task force. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force- USFWS, NOAA, EPA.
• Introduced Fish Section of the American Fisheries Society. American Fisheries Society.
• Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site. Sea Grant.

General Sites:

• Age of Aquariums. Marcos A. Avila.
• Bio-Invasions: Breeching Natural Barriers. Washington Sea-Grant.
• Bioinvasions: Stemming the Tide of Exotic Species. World Resources Institute.
• Coastal Research and Extension Center Aquatic Nuisance Species. Mississippi State University.
• Discover Life. The Polistes Foundation.
• Exotic Introductions. University of California, Irvene.
• Habitattitude. ANS Task Force.
• Impacts of Introduced Species in the United States. Consequences.
• Master Index of Freshwater Fishes. Kenneth V. Ruzek, Jr..
• MIT- Sea-Grant Exotic Species Webpages. MIT Seagrant College Program.
• NBII Invasive Species. National Biological Information Infrastructure.
• PROGRAMA DE ESPECIES INVASORAS DE MÉXICO. CONABIO.
• The Aquarium Wiki. Stuart Halliday.

U.S. Regional Sites:

• Aquatic Nuisance Species in Vermont. Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
• SCDNR Aquatic Nuisance Species Program. South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
• SERAMBO- Invasive Exotic Species. South Eastern regional Association of Medical and Biological Organizations.
• Texas Exotic Fish, Shellfish, and Plants. Texas Parks and Wildlife.
• Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species. The Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species.
• Aquatic Nuisance Species Update. Great Lakes Commission.
• Great Lakes Commisssion Aquatic Nuisance Species. Great Lakes Commission.
• Alien Species in Hawaii Information Index. University of Hawaii.
• Exotic Species of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Research Program.
• Minnesota Sea-Grant Exotic Species. Minnesota Sea-Grant.
• WDFW-- Aquatic Nuisance Species. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Foreign Sites-General:

• Amphibians. St. George's Preparatory School.
• Center for Research on Introduced Marine Pests. Center for Research on Introduced Marine Pests- CSIRO.
• Ciesm Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean Sea. International Commission for the Scientific Exploration of the Mediterranean.
• FAO Database on Introductions of Aquatic Species. Food and Agriculture Organization.
• Impact of Species Introductions- Lake Victoria. The Program on the Lakes of East Africa.
• Index to Australian Desert Fishes Pages. Desert Fishes Council.
• Invasions- Group on Aquatic Alien Species- Russia. Russian Academy of Sciences.
• The Aquaculture Health Page. Spencer Institute of TAFE.

Ballast Waters:

• Aquatic Nuisance Task Force- Ballast Waters/Shipping. Aquatic Nuisance Task Force- USFWS, NOAA, EPA.
• Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service. Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service.
• Exotics Across the Ocean. European Concentrated Action Group.
• Pacific Ballast Water Group. Pacific Ballast Water Group.
• U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water Page. U.S. Coast Guard.

Fish:

• Cichlid Research Homepage. University of California, Davis.
• Guide to the South American Cichlidae. Swedish Museum of Natural History.
• The Cichlid Center. The Cichlid Center.
• Angelfish. Cindy Hawley.
• The Angel Book- Breeding the Angelfish. Anonymous.
• Discus Page- Holland. Walter Soestbergen.
• The Beginner's Discus Page. Mike Skinner.
• The Original Discus Page. David Robinson.
• The Amazing Oscar. Richard Larsson III.
• The Oscar Study Page. Anonymous.
• Terminator Fish- Clarias. Aquaria Central.
• Carp Net. Peter Dawson.
• More Weird, Wonderful and Wacky Carp Pages. Carp Net.
• Controlling aquatic vegetation with grass carp. Langston University.
• Grass Carp in Mississippi Farm Ponds. Mississippi State University.
• Planet Catfish. Julian G. Dignall.

Invertebrates

• An endless invasion? Green crabs, New England intruders, Move West. Maryland Sea-Grant.
• Coasts and Oceans: Green Crab. Sustainable Ecosystems Institute.
• European Crab Leaps to Pacific Prominence. Science News Online.
• Green Crabs Fact Sheet. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
• Save Florida's Native Bromeliads: Conservation of Endangered Airplants. Florida Council of Bromeliad Societies.
• The Red Imported Fire Ant. EcoLink.
• The Zebra Mussel Page. Wayne State University.
• Zebra and Quagga Mussel Information Resource Page. United States Geological Survey.
• Zebra Mussel Research Program. Army Corps of Engineers- Waterways Experimental Station.
• Zebra Mussel Watch. Sea-Grant.

Plants:

• EliteFarmer.com. EliteFarmer.com.
• Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weed. Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds.
• Federal Noxious Weed List. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service- USDA.
• Invasive Plant Control. Invasive Plant Control.
• Milfoil Homepage. Anonymous.
• Proceedings of the Workshop on Databases for Nonindigenous Plants. United States Geological Survey.
• Purple Pages- (Loosestrife). Michigan State University- Michigan Sea-Grant.
• University of Montana-Missoula Invaders Database System. University of Minnesota.

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