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Shifting invertebrate zooplanktivores: watershed-level replacement of the native Leptodara by the non-indigenous Bythotrephes in Canadian Shield lakes.  (PDF)                    ERIKA J. WEISZ AND NORMAN D. YAN                                                                                                                                                   Biological Invasions, June 2010 

Efficacy of 'saltwater flushing in protecting the Great Lakes from biological invasions by invertebrate eggs in ships' ballast sediment. (PDF )                                                                                                                                                                                        ELIZABETH BRISKI, SARAH A. BAILEY, MELANIA E. CRISTESCU AND HUGH J. MACISAAC                                               Freshwater Biology, 2010                                                                                                                                                                                               

Diatom survivorship in ballast water during trans-Pacific corssings (PDF )
GEORGIA KLEIN, KAYLEIGH MACINTOSH, IRENA KACZMARSKA, JAMES H. EHRMAN
Biological Invasion; 1031-1044, 2010

Relative value of limnoligical, geographic, and human use variables as predictors of the presence of Bythotrephes longimanus in Canadian Shield lakes. (PDF 528 KB)
ERIKA J. WEISZ AND NORMAN D. YAN
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; 67, 462-472, 2010

Domestic ballast operations on the Great Lakes: potential importance of Lakers as a vector for introduction and spread of nonindigenous species (PDF 184 KB)
R. KIPP, S.A. BAILEY, H.J. MACISAAC, AND A. RICCIARDI
Diversity and Distributions; 16, 77-83, 2010

Is vessel hull fouling an invasion threat to the Great Lakes? (PDF 300 KB)
FRANCISCO SYLVESTER AND HUGH J. MACISAAC
Diversity and Distributions; 16, 132-143, 2010

Domestic ballast operations on the Great Lakes: potential importance of Lakers as a vector for introduction and spread of nonindigenous species (PDF 732 KB)
MICHAEL P. RUP, SARAH A. BAILEY, CHRIS J. WILEY, MARK S. MINTON, A. WHITMAN MILER, GREGORY M. RUIZ, AND HUGH J. MACISAAC
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; 67, 256-268, 2010

CAISN Publications for Year 4 (to date) - March 1, 2009 to October 31, 2009 (PDF 96KB)


Detection of a Colonizing, Aquatic, Non-indigenous Species
(PDF 620KB)
CHAD HARVEY, SAMIR QURESHI, AND HUGH MACISAAC
Diversity and Distributions; 15, 429-437, 2009

Chance establishment for sexual, semelparous species: Overcoming the Allee effect (link)
CHRISTOPHER JERDE, CAROLINE BAMPFYLDE, AND MARK LEWIS
The American Naturalist; 173(6):734-46, 2009

Are interactions among Ponto-Caspian invaders driving amphipod species replacement in the St. Lawrence River? (PDF 374KB)
ASA KESTRUP AND ANTHONY RICCIARDI
Journal of Great Lakes Research, 35: 392-398, 2009

Environmental Heterogeneity Limits the Local dominance of an Invasive Freshwater Crustacean(PDF 384KB)
ASA KESTRUP AND ANTHONY RICCIARDI
Biological Invasions; 11: 2095-2105, 2009

Chaetoceros in ballast water-survivorship of stowaways (PDF 304K)
GEORGIA KLEIN, IRENA KACZMARSKA, AND JAMES M. EHRMAN
Acta Botanica Croatica; 62(2): 147-160, 2009

Diatom survivorship in ballast water during trans-Pacific crossings (PDF 336 KB)
GEORGIA KLEIN, KAYLEIGH MACINTOSH, IRENA KACZMARSKA, AND JAMES M. EHRMAN
Bio Invasions (2009), doi:10.1007/s10530-009-9520-6

Biodeposit production and benthic loading by farmed mussels and associated tunicate epifauna in Prince Edward Island
(PDF 765 K)
C. MCKINDSEY, M. LECUONA, M. HOUT, AND A. WEISE
Aquaculture; 295: 44-51, 2009

Assisted colonization is not a viable conservation strategy (PDF 292KB)
ANTHONY RICCIARDI AND DANIEL SIMBERLOFF
Trends in Ecology and Evolution (2009) 24, 248–253, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2008.12.006

Epiphytic macroinvertebrate communities on Eurasian milfoil and native milfoils in Eastern North America (link)
S. WILSON AND A. RICCIARDI
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; 66: 18-30, 2009

Modeling marine invasions: current and future approaches (PDF 448KB)
M. WONHAM AND M. LEWIS
In M G. Rilov and J. Crooks, (Eds.), Biological Invasions in Marine Ecosystems (Ch 4). Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2009

Examination of direct daytime predation by Coregonus artedi on Bythotrephes longimanus: No evidence for the refuge hypothesis  (link)
JOELLE YOUNG, ELLIS LOEW, AND NORMAN YAN
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 66(3): 449–459 (2009)  |  doi:10.1139/F09-006


CAISN Publications for Year 3 - March 1, 2008 to February 28, 2009 (PDF 96 KB)


Re-evaluating eradication of nuisance species: invasion of the tunicate, Ciona intestinalis (link)
PAUL K. EDWARDS AND BRIAN LEUNG
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (2009) , doi:10.1890/070218)

Salinity tolerance of Great Lakes invaders (PDF 328 KB)
SANDRA ELLIS AND HUGH J. MACISAAC
Freshwater Biology (2009) 54, 77–89, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02098.x

Quantifying invasion pathways: fish introductions from the aquarium trade (PDF 188KB)
E. GERTZEN, O. FAMILIAR, AND B. LEUNG
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1265-1273, 2008

When does ecosystem engineering facilitate invasion and species replacement? (PDF 280KB)
A. GONZALEZ, A. LAMBERT, AND A. RICCIARDI
Oikos 117:1247-1257, August 2008

Forecasting the potential distribution of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum (PDF 397 KB)
L-M. HERBORG, P. O'HARA, AND T. THERRIAULT
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 46, No 1, 64-72, February 2009

Predicting zebra mussel fouling on native mussels from physicochemical variables (PDF 322 KB)
A. JOKELA AND A. RICCIARDI
Freshwater Biology 53:1845-1856, 2008

Occurrence of the Ponto-Caspian mysid shrimp Hemimysis anomala in the St. Lawrence River (PDF 384KB)
ASA KESTRUP AND ANTHONY RICCIARDI
Aquatic Invasions, 3:461-464, 2008

Furtive foes: algal viruses as potential invaders (PDF 104KB)
JANICE E. LAWRENCE
ICES Journal of Marine Science (2008) 65. 716 - 722; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn024

Modeling spread of the invasive macrophyte Cabomba caroliniana (PDF 388 KB)
MICHAEL J. JACOBS AND HUGH J. MACISAAC
Freshwater Biology (2009) 54, 296–305, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02108.x

Long-term changes in phytoplankton composisition in seven Candian Shield Lakes in response to multiple anthropogenic stressors (PDF 1131KB)
A. PATERSON, J. WINTER, K. NICHOLLS, B. CLARK, C. RAMCHARAN, N. YAN, AND K. SOMMERS
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquaic Sciences, 65:846-861, 2008

Predicting the number of ecologically harmful exotic species in an aquatic system (PDF 220 KB)
A. RICCIARDI AND R. KIPP
Diversity and Distributions 14:374-380, 2008

Evaluating the effectiveness of ballast water exchange policy in the Great Lakes (PDF 160KB)
ANTHONY RICCIARDI AND HUGH MACISAAC
Ecological Applications; 18: 1321-1323, 2008

In Retrospect: The book that began invasion ecology (PDF 84KB)
ANTHONY RICCIARDI AND HUGH MACISAAC
Nature; 452: 34, March 6, 2008

Invasive Predator, Bythotrephes, has varied effects on Ecosystem Function in Freshwater Lakes (PDF 680KB)
A. STRECKER AND S. ARNOTT
Ecosystems; 11: 490-503, April 2008

Epiphytic macroinvertebrate communities on Eurasian milfoil and native milfoils in Eastern North America (PDF 568KB)
S. WILSON AND A. RICCIARDI
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; 66: 18-30, 2009

An introduction to the Dorset Special Issue: Transforming understanding of the factors that regulate aquatic ecosystems on the southern Canadian Shield (PDF 572 KB)
N. YAN, A. PATERSON, K. SOMERS, AND W. SCHEIDER
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 781-785, 2008

Long-term changes in crustacean zooplankton communities of Dorset, Ontario lakes: the probable interactive effects of changes in pH, TP, Dissolved Organic Carbon, and predators (PDF 480KB)
N. YAN, K. SOMERS. R. GIRARD, A. PATERSON, B. KELLER, C. RAMCHARAN, J. RUSAK, R. INGRAM, G. MORGAN, AND J. GUNN
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 862-877, 2008

Modification of the diel vertical migration of Bythotrephes longimanus by the cold-water planktivore, Coregonus ardtedi
J. YOUNG AND N. YAN
Freshwater Biology; 53: 981-995, 2008


CAISN Publications for Year 2 - March 1, 2007 to February 29, 2008 (PDF 96 KB)


Thousands introduced annually: the aquarium pathway and non-indigenous plants in the St Lawrence Seaway (PDF 296KB)
J. COHEN, N. MIROTCHNICK, AND B. LEUNG
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (including cover photo); 5: 528-532, 2007

Efficacy of Open-Ocean Ballast Water Exchange as a Means of PreventingInvertebrate Invasions Between Freshwater Ports (PDF 1.1MB)
D. GREY, T. JOHENGEN, D. REID, AND H. MACISAAC
Limnology and Oceanography; vol. 52, No 6, pp. 2386-2397, 2007

Indirect food web effects of Bythotrephes invasion: responses by the rotifer Conochilus in Harp Lake, Canada (PDF 325KB)
J. HOVIUS, B. BEISNER, K. MCCANN, AND N. YAN
Biological Invasions; 9: 233-343, 2007

Ballast Water and Aquatic Invasive Species: A Preliminary Estimate of Propagule Pressure for Canadian Ports (PDF 372KB)
V. LO, C. LEVINGS, N. SIMARD, AND K. CHAN
Proceedings of the Georgia Basin Puget Sound Research Conference; 8pp, 2007

Identifying the source of species invasions: sampling intensity vs. genetic diversity (PDF 284 KB)
JIM R. MUIRHEAD, DEREK K. GRAY, DAVID W. KELLY, SANDRA M. ELLIS, DANIEL D. HEATH, AND
HUGH J. MACISAAC
Molecular Ecology (2008), 17, 1020–1035; doi:10.1111/j. 1365-294X.2008.03669x


CAISN Publications for Year 1 - March 1, 2006 to February 28, 2007 (PDF 60 KB)