Protecting the Great Lakes from Invasive & Non-Indigenous Species

Buch | Hardcover

136 Seiten

2010
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61728-103-7 (ISBN)

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Non-indigenous species (NIS) are organisms that enter an ecosystem beyond their native spatial range. This book explores the data and tools that US Great Lakes resource managers can use to prevent the establishment of aquatic NIS and maps the habitats of the Great Lakes vulnerable to the entry of aquatic NIS.

Non-indigenous species (NIS) are organisms that enter an ecosystem beyond their native spatial range. The Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) was the first to enter the Great Lakes during the 1830s facilitated by the Erie and Welland canals. Since then, at least 185 other species have invaded the Great Lakes. Thirteen of these species have been labelled as invasive by causing ecological or economic harm. This book explores the data and tools that U.S. Great Lakes resource managers can use to more effectively prevent the establishment of aquatic NIS and maps the habitats of the Great Lakes most vulnerable to the entry of aquatic NIS while identifying particular NIS that have the potential to enter the U.S. Great Lakes ports.

Preface; Ballast Water Management to Combat Invasive Species; Predicting Future Introductions of Nonindigenous Species to the Great Lakes; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.9.2010
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	260 x 180 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
ISBN-10	1-61728-103-4 / 1617281034
ISBN-13	978-1-61728-103-7 / 9781617281037
Zustand	Neuware