GLIN==> Special ANS Seminar - June 2 (Ann Arbor)

[David Reid <david.reid@noaa.gov>]

Title:

 Note:  this seminar announcement is the same information carried within
the recent AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES SYMPOSIUM
announcement posted a few hours ago.  I apologize for any incovenience this
double posting may cause.


NOAA GREAT LAKES SEMINAR SERIES 
http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/news/seminars/ 

 The following is a special NOAA Great
Lakes Seminar Series presentation for the State of
Michigan's Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Awareness Week.  This seminar will
be the featured keynote presentation for the University
of Michigan's Symposium on Aquatic Nuisance Species
Research hosted by the School of Natural Resources
and the Environment, as part of ANS Awareness Week.  
 
 Title:  Predicting the Occurrence and Impact of Species Invasions in the 
Great Lakes
 
  Speaker:  Dr. Anthony Ricciardi, Redpath Museum & McGill 
School of Environment, McGill University, Montreal.
 
Symposium Time and Date:  3-5 p.m., Monday, June 2, 2003
 
 Location:  Room 1040  Dana Bldg, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)

Directions to the Dana Building are available on the SNRE web site.

 Abstract:
 There have been over 170 documented species invasions in the Great Lakes
basin.  One new invader has been discovered every seven months, on average,
since the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway.  Each new invader is a potential 
threat to our fisheries, water supply systems, and biodiversity.  Although 
invasion ecology has become a burgeoning scientific discipline in the decades 
following the opening of the Seaway, aquatic resource managers have yet to 
be provided with adequate tools to deal with nonindigenous threats.   I will 
describe some of the challenges and future research directions toward predicting 
aquatic invasions.  There are some promising, but underexploited approaches
 to developing predictive models of occurrence and impact.  However, a major 
challenge to prediction and management are synergistic interactions among 
invaders.  If current trends persist, the incidence and magnitude of synergies 
will intensify, causing Great Lakes communities to become more frequently 
disrupted and more easily invaded over time--a phenomenon known as "invasional 
meltdown".  Therefore, even a modest reduction of the rate of species introduction
 could yield substantial benefits for the basin.
 
For information contact:

Colleen Vogler, CILER,  734-764-2426
David Reid, NOAA-GLERL, 734-741-2019



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Posted by:
David F. Reid, Ph.D.
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI  48105-2945
Voice:	734-741-2019
FAX:	743-741-2055
GLERL home page:
   http://www.glerl.noaa.gov
 
-- 
David F. Reid, Ph.D.
U.S. Department of Commerce
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
2205 Commonwealth Blvd.
Ann Arbor, MI  48105-2945
Voice:	734-741-2019
FAX:	743-741-2055
GLERL home page:
   http://www.glerl.noaa.gov




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