Aquatic Nuisance Species

The US Army Corps of Engineers in collaboration with our study partners have published the Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) White Paper: Non-Native Species of Concern and Dispersal Risk for the Great Lakes and Mississippi River Interbasin Study. The purpose of the ANS White Paper is to catalog potential non-native species within the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins and identify which ANS of concern will be an initial focus in GLMRIS.

Forty (40) aquatic nuisance species were originally identified in the ANS White Paper as ANS of Concern for GLMRIS Focus Area 1 (CAWS). As stated in a September 23, 2011 GLMRIS Announcement, the New Zealand Mudsnail is found in both basins and therefore, was removed from the list of ANS of Concern. While researching species in support of the detailed baseline risk assessment activities for GLMRIS, USACE removed five additional ANS of Concern - CAWS that are established in both the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins: alewife, European amphipod, cylindrical algae, tubificid worm, and spiny waterflea. Species removed from the list of ANS of Concern - CAWS will not be subject to further study in GLMRIS.

Explore the Focus Area I ANS of Concern in the tables below.

Compiling this list is the first step in establishing the current and future without project conditions for GLMRIS and will aid the study team in focusing efforts toward identifying potential ANS Controls for further evaluation. The Other Pathways Team (Focus Area 2) will be using the ANS White Paper to develop site-specific ANS of concern lists for all other potential aquatic pathways along the basin divide.

ANS of Concern Fact Sheets

Click on the links in the tables below to view PDF fact sheets the GLMRIS Team compiled on the ANS of Concern for the CAWS. Use the following links to jump to a type of species:

 

Fish

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin
Alosa chrysochloris
Alosa aestivalis
Channa argus
Gasterosteus aculeatus
Hypophthalmichthys molitrix
Gymnocephalus cernuus
Hypophthalmichthys nobilis
Petromyzon marinus
Menidia beryllina
Proterorhinus semilunaris
Mylopharyngodon piceus

 

 

Crustaceans

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin
Apocorophium lacustre
Cercopagis pengoi
 
Daphnia galeata galeata
 
Hemimysis anomala
 
Schizopera borutzkyi
 
Neoergasilus japonicus

 

 

Plants

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin
Landoltia (Spirodela) punctata
Carex acutiformis
Murdannia keisak
Glyceria maxima
Oxycaryum cubense
Trapa natans

 

 

Algae

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin

 

Bangia atropurpurea
 
Cyclotella cryptica
 
Enteromorpha flexuosa
 
Stephanodiscus binderanus

 

 

Mollusks

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin

 

Pisidium amnicum
 
Sphaerium corneum
 
Valvata piscinalis

 

 

Protozoa

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin

 

Psammonobiotus communis
Psammonobiotus dziwnowi
Psammonobiotus linearis

 

 

Bryozoans

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin

 

Lophopodella carteri

 

 

Viruses

ANS of Concern to the
Great Lakes Basin
ANS of Concern to the
Mississippi River Basin
 
Novirhabdovirus

 

 

Removed Species