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Federal Government
Invasive Animal Species in Marine and Estuarine Environments: Biology and Ecology (Jan 2005; PDF | 1.6 MB) (Chapter 4: Pathways of Introduction)
United States Army Corps of Engineers. Engineer Research and Development Center.
Invasive Species Pathways
DOI. Fish and Wildlife Service. Alaska Region.
Invasive Species Pathways Working Group: Focus Group Conference Report and Pathways Ranking Guide (June-August 2005) (Jul 2006; PDF | 1.08 MB)
Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force.
Published by: National Invasive Species Council, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, and NISC Prevention Committee Pathways Work Team
Invasive Species Pathways Working Group: Pathways Ranking Guide and Proceedings Report, Focus Group Conference (Jun 21-22, 2005) (Dec 2005; DOC | 3.33 MB)
USDA. NAL. National Invasive Species Information Center.
Published by: USDA. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service; DOI; DOC.
Invasive Species Pathways Team Final Report (Oct 29, 2003; DOC | 315 KB)
USDA. NAL. National Invasive Species Information Center.
Published by: Invasive Species Advisory Committee. Pathways Task Team.
Pathways for Invasive Species Introduction
EPA.
Office of Water.
Training and Implementation Guide for Pathway Definition, Risk Analysis and Risk Prioritization (Jan 2007; PDF | 1.36 MB)
USDA. NAL. National Invasive Species Information Center.
Published by: Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force (ANSTF) and National Invasive Species Council (NISC) Prevention Committee via the Pathways Work Team.
State Government
University/Academic
American
Fisheries Society Position on Introductions of Aquatic
Species (PDF | 94 KB)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; American Fisheries Society.
Aquatic
Invasive Species Mid-Atlantic Workshop - "Vector
Management: A Prevention Solution" / Final
Report -- Preventing
Aquatic Species Invasions in the Mid-Atlantic: Outcome-Based
Actions in Vector Management - Aquatic Invasive Species
in the Mid-Atlantic Vector Workshop Findings (2010)
Maryland Sea Grant.
Conference held Dec 2, 2009 in Baltimore, Maryland.
DON'T
DUMP BAIT: Marine Bait Worms as a Potential Vector
of Non-Native Species (2009; PDF | 353 KB)
University of Connecticut. Connecticut Sea
Grant.
Researchers from the University of Connecticut and SUNY Purchase completed a
study that reinforces concerns that live marine bait, such as bait worms, and
more particularly, the seaweed or other material they are packed in, can serve
as a vector or pathway by which organisms from one region can be introduced into
another. The study was funded by the Environmental Protection Agency Long
Island Sound Study, with additional support from Connecticut Sea Grant. For the
complete study results, see the Long
Island Sound Study: EPA Assistance Award Final Report (2009; PDF 183 KB).
Pathways
and Prevention
Northeast
Marine Introduced Species.
Portals and Pathways: Invasive Species in Louisiana
Tulane University and Xavier University. Center for Bioenvironmental Research.
International
A Pathway Approach Towards Prevention of Movement of Pests and Pathogens with Live Plants in International Trade
International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO).
The Internet as a Pathway for IAS (PDF | 289 KB)
Global Invasive Species Programme.
Protect
Your Ports Against Invasive Species (Sep 1, 2009)
International
Union for Conservation of Nature.
A new report Neighborhood
Watch: Early Detection and Rapid Response to Biological Invasion Along US Trade
Pathways (2009; PDF | 9.4 MB) says accidental introductions of pests and
pathogens threaten economic, environmental and public health. The report offers
recommendations to improve biosecurity measures at U.S. ports,
as well as a possible funding mechanism based upon the "polluter pays" principle.
Recommendations include improved coordination between agencies and greater international
cooperation. Neighborhood Watch follows an earlier volume "Denying
Entry: Opportunities to Build Capacity to Prevent the Introduction of Invasive
Species and Improve Biosecurity at U.S. Ports" (2007; PDF | 4.6 MB) which
addressed the challenges of "regulatory exclusion" of potentially invasive
species through trace pathways.
Organizations
Closing
the Pathways of Aquatic Invasive Species across North
America: Overview and Resource Guide (2003; PDF |
298 KB)
North American Commission for Environmental Coopearation.
North American Agenda for Action: 2003-2005
Firewood:
Buy It Where You Burn It
Nature Conservancy.
High-risk
air routes for invasive species revealed (Apr 11, 2007)
NewScientist.com.
Note: Supporting scientific journal
article -
Tatem, Andrew J., and Simon I. Hay. 2007. Climatic
similarity and biological exchange in the worldwide
airline transportation network. Proceedings of
the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (published
online).
Horticulture
as a pathway of invasive plant introductions in the
United States (Feb 2001; PDF | 236 KB)
BioScience 51(2): 103-13.
International
trade imperils U.S. plants,
animals and crops (Feb 19, 2000)
American Association
for the Advancement of Science - EurekAlert!.
Live
seafood trade linked to species invasions: 'Fresh'
shellfish in markets still alive enough to spawn (Sep
23, 2003)
Society for Conservation Biology.
On
the Loose: Non-Native Species Could Escape from Spanish
Zoos (Apr 16, 2010)
Conservation Magazine. Journal
Watch Online.
A survey of zoos in Spain has revealed that many animal enclosures are not secure,
increasing the risk that non-native and invasive species will make their way
into the wild.
MetroInvasive
- Globalization, Metropolitan Areas, Invasive Species
MetroInvasive.
Collaborative project between Federal Agencies and Universities researchers.
Provides a perspective that considers urban areas as hubs of human-mediated
invasions in natural and managed ecosystems and provides resources to enhance
our understanding of the role of international trade in the dissemination of
invasive species. Contains maps of hot spots for human-mediated invasions where
early detection strategies could be implemented.
Movement
of invasive aquatic plants into Minnesota (USA) through
horticultural trade (Jul 2004) (USDA access through
DigiTop)
ScienceDirect; Biological Conservation.
Academic Study on Horticulture as a Pathway: Jun 2004, a study by Kristine Maki and Susan Galatowitsch in the Journal, Biological Conservation (Volume 118, Jun 2004, pp 389-396) entitled, "Movement of invasive aquatic plants into Minnesota through horticultural trade," reported that horticultural trade is implicated in the introduction of invasive aquatic plants over long-range distances into new regions of the United States. The results of the study found that:
- 93% of the orders received from aquatic plant vendors contained a plant or animal species not requested in the order
- 90% percent of the purchases contained plant receipts not ordered
- 80% included additional animal receipts
- 63% had algae, moss or fungi associated with the ordered plants, and
- 43% contained unordered seeds.
Nothing
is Perfect: Biodegradable Packing Material as Food
and Transportation for a Museum Pest, Lasioderma
serricorne (F.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) (Sep
2010)
The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(3): 256-257.
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