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The River Rhine: A Global Highway for Dispersal of Aquatic Invasive Species
Rob S.E.W. Leuven, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Wetland and Water Research, The Netherlands

The Baltic: A Melting Pot for Aquatic Invasive Species
Erkki Leppakoski, Abo Akademi University, Finland

The European Union Water Framework Directive: Status and Initiatives
Phil Boon, Scottish Natural Heritage, UK
Invasion Biology Put into Mathematical Terms
Rob Hengeveld, Institute for Forestry and Nature Research, The Netherlands

Moving Toward Common International Policies
Timothy R.E. Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, US Department of Commerce, USA

Where Does the Effort to Resolve the Worldwide Problem of Aquatic Invasive Species Stand as We Begin the 15th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species? I Believe We Can, We Must, Do Better
The Rt. Hon. Herb Gray, Chair, Canadian Section, International Joint Commission, Canada
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Amphipods and Cladocera

Detailed Assessment of the Population Dynamics of the Non-native Amphipod, Caprella mutica, in Marinas in Scotland (UK): mutica Implications for Secondary Dispersal
Elizabeth J. Cook, Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK

Impact of Colonization of the IJsselmeer Area by Chelicorophium curvispinum and Dikerogammarus villosus
Ruurd Noordhuis, Institute of Inland Water Management and Wastewater Treatment, The Netherlands

Preferences of Ponto-Caspian and European Gammarids for Zebra Mussel Shell Habitat
Jaroslaw Kobak, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

Success of the Invasive Ponto-Caspian Amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus by Life History Traits and Reproductive Capacity
Manfred Pockl, University of Vienna, Vienna Ecology Centre and State Government of Lower Austria, Austria

Factors Influencing Predatory Behaviour in an Invasive Gammaridean Species, Dikerogammarus villosus
Gerard van der Velde, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Small-scale Heterogeneity in the Physicochemical Environment Limits the Local Dominance of an Aquatic Invader Asa Kestrup, McGill University, Redpath Museum, Canada

Phylogeography of Crangonyx pseudogracilis: Modelling an Alien Species’ Progressive Invasion of British Waterways
Elise Michele Heinz, Middlesex University, Institute of Social and Health Research, UK

Modelling the Migration and Ecological Impact by Alien Macroinvertebrates in Flanders: Case Study of Crustaceans in the Bocholt-Herentals Canal
Marjolein Messiaen, Ghent University, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Belgium

Established Gammarus roeseli Withstands Invasive Dikerogammarus villosus in Lake Constance: Experimental Evidence
John Hesselschwerdt, University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute, Germany

Why are Pontogammarus robustoides and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Crustacea, Amphipoda) Such Successful Invaders?
Karolina Bacela, University of Lodz, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, Poland

Ecological Patterns of Distribution in Alien Amphipods: A Case Study in Poland
Alicja Konopacka, University of Lodz, Department of Invertebrate Zooloy and Hydrobiology, Poland

Parasitism and Biological Invasion: How Manipulator Parasites Could Promote a Gammarid Species Replacement
Vincent Médoc, Université Paul Verlaine, Metz, France

Controlling Non-indigenous Crustaceans: A Case Study for Charybdis japonica in New Zealand
Daniel McClary, Golder Associates (NZ) Ltd., New Zealand

Risk Assessment and Monitoring

Biological Invasions Via Inland Water Corridors: Developing a Risk Assessment Tool for European Inland Waterways
Vadim Panov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Predicting the Number of Ecologically Harmful Invaders in an Aquatic System
Anthony Ricciardi, McGill University, Redpath Museum, Canada

Rapid Screening-Level Risk Assessment of Freshwater Fishes in Live Fish Trades in Canada
Becky Cudmore, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada

Risk Analysis for Non-indigenous Fish Species in Flanders (Belgium)
Hugo Verreycken, Research Institute for Nature and Forest, Belgium

Assessment of Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Infestation Risk Using GIS polymorpha for Water Basins in Northwest Bulgaria
Teodora Trichkova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Zoology, Bulgaria

Risk Assessment of Infestation by Zebra Mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga polymorpha Mussel (Dreissena bugensis) and Conservation bugensis of Endangered Native Mussels, Higgins Eye Pearly Mussel (Lampsilis higginsii) and higginsii Winged Mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa), in the fragosa St. Croix River Basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA
Daniel Kelner, US Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, USA

European Water Framework Directive, Ecological Quality Indicators and Alien Species
Sergej Olenin, Klaipeda University, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Lithuania

A Dreissenid Rapid Response Plan for the Columbia River Basin, USA
Stephen H. Phillips, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, USA

Aquatic Exotic Invertebrates in Belarus: Past, Current, and Future Invasions
Alexander Y. Karatayev, Stephen F. Austin State University, Department of Biology, USA

Rapid Assessment Surveys: Different Strokes for Different Folks
Dan Minchin, Marine Organism Investigations, Ireland

Possible Introduction of Marine Species by Long Distance Drift: An Example with a Crustacean from USA to France
Pierre Y. Noel, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France

Shipping: Policy

US Coast Guard’s Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement in Support of the Ballast Water Discharge Standard Rulemaking
Bivan R. Patnaik, US Coast Guard, Environmental Standards Division, USA

Canada’s National Regulatory Approach to Ballast Water Management
David Yard, Transport Canada Marine, Canada

Joint Ballast Water Inspection Program for Ocean Going Vessels Entering the Great Lakes
Christopher J. Wiley, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central and Arctic Region and Transport Canada, Ontario Region, Canada

The Canadian Ballast Water Database Application
Sonya C. Santavy, Transport Canada, Ontario Region, Canada

US Coast Guard’s Ballast Water Management Program: Development of Technical Capabilities for Testing and Evaluating Ballast Water Management Methods
Richard A. Everett, US Coast Guard, Environmental Standards Division, USA

The Management of the Risk of Nonindigenous Species Introduction Through Ship’s Ballast Water and Biofouling – An Administration’s Perspective
Brian Elliott, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, UK

Managing Ballast Water – A Multi-Disciplinary Challenge
Dandu Pughiuc, Marine Biosafety Section, International Maritime Organization, UK

A Journey Through Contemporary Australian Ballast Water Management
Rowan Ward, Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Australia

An Overview of Australia’s Proposed Biofouling Management Requirements
Peter Neimanis, Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service, Australia

Ocean Shipping in North America’s Great Lakes: Invasive Species Costs vs. Transportation Cost Savings
John C. Taylor, Grand Valley State University, Seidman College of Business, USA

Poster Session

The Alteration of Lake Ecosystems by Invasive Alien Species. A Case Study on a Potential Keystone Species: Orconectes limosus
Ana Cristina Cardoso, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Italy

An Analysis of the Diffusion of Selected Federal Policies Relating to the Coordination of Aquatic Invasive Species Management Efforts Among States Within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, USA
John F. Christmas, Jr., George Mason University, Environmental Science and Policy Department, USA

Marine Invasions

Byssogenesis of Invasive Marine Mussels Perna viridis and Perna perna: Implications for Their Invasion Race
Sanjeevi Rajagopal, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, The
Netherlands

Natural Currents: A Pathway for the Spread of Marine NIS in Tasman and Golden Bays, New Zealand
Hernando Acosta, Auckland University of Technology, Earth and Oceanic Research Institute, New Zealand

Changes in Macrozoobenthos of the Eastern Gulf of Finland After Introduction of Alien Annelids
Alexey A. Maximov, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Invasive Crayfish

Aquatic Invasive Invertebrates in the United States: Rusty Crayfish as a Case Study
Angela M. Bobeldyk, University of Notre Dame, Department of Biological Sciences, USA

Dispersal of Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii, Girard), Does Population Density Matter?
Ricardo O. Ramalho, University of Évora, Institute of Marine Research, Portugal

Reproduction and Growth of Orconectes limosus Raf. in Baltic Brackish Waters – Is it Possible?
Joanna Jaszczolt, University of Gdansk, Institute of Oceanography, Poland

The Effect of Water Temperature on Number of Moults and Growth for Invasive Crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus D. During the First Three Months of their Life
Pavel Kozák, University of South Bohemia in Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic

Evaluating Recruitment Dynamics of the Chinese Mitten Crab, Eriocheir sinensis: Methods for Early Detection, Monitoring and Determining Year Class Strength
Carolynn S. Culver, University of California Cooperative Extension Program and Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, USA

Population Genetics and Invasion

Appraisal of Molecular Detection Methodologies for Identifying and Enumerating Aquatic Pests
Kirsty Smith, Cawthron Institute, New Zealand

Phylogeny and Population Genetics of Invasive Asiatic Clams (Corbicula spp.) in the Meuse
Lise-Marie Pigneur, Facultés Universitaires Notre- Dame de la Paix, Unité de Recherche en Biologie des Organismes, Belgium

Identifying the Origin of the Cryptogenic Ascidian Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843)
Deniz Haydar, University of Groningen, Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Studies, The Netherlands

Genetic Structure of a Invasive Species Dreissena polymorpha in Ebro River, Spain: Results of PCR Based AFLP-Fingerprinting
Sanjeevi Rajagopal, Radboud University Nijmegen, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, The Netherlands

Tracking Aliens

Aquatic Invaders in the European Alien Species Database
Sergej Olenin, Klaipeda University, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Lithuania

The Most Invasive and Impacting Introduced Aquatic Species in Europe
Stephan Gollasch, GoConsult, Germany

Alien Species in European Seas: Regions at Risk
Bella S. Galil, National Institute of Oceanography, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Israel

Online Database “Aquatic Invaders of Belarus”: Belarus”: Goals and Structure
Sergey E. Mastitsky, Belarusian State University, Belarus

Harmonia, an Information System Dedicated to Non-native Invasive Species in Belgium
Etienne Branquart, Belgian Biodiversity Platform/Research Centre for Nature, Forest and Wood, Belgium

Shipping: Research

A Computational and Experimental Approach to Prediction of the Effectiveness of Flow-through Ballast Water Exchange
Peter A. Chang, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, USA

Biological Effectiveness of Open-ocean Ballast Exchange for Preventing Invertebrate Invasions Between Freshwater Ports
David F. Reid, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA

Estimating Probability of Establishment for Parthenogenetic Taxa with Small Founding Populations: An Assessment of the Proposed IMO Ballast Water Treatment Standards
Sarah Bailey, Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences, Canada

Results and Lessons Learned from the ETV Beta Test
Jonathan F. Grant, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

Automated Methods for Planktonic Enumeration and Viability Analysis
Bruce N. Nelson, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

Counting Viable Phytoplankton and Bacteria in Ballast Water
Marcel J. W Veldhuis, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands

Using a Continuous Imaging Particle Analyzer (FlowCAM®) as an Integrated System for Ballast Water Analysis and Regulatory Compliance
Kent A. Peterson, Fluid Imaging Technologies, USA

Microzooplankton Response to Variable UV Treatment in Ballast Water Mesocosms
Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Washington State University, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences & School of Biological Sciences, USA

Dreissenology

From Lakes to Rivers – the Downstream Larval Distribution of Dreissena in Irish River Basins
Frances E. Lucy, Institute of Technology, Sligo, School of Science, Ireland

Dreissena polymorpha (Zebra Mussels) Versus Dreissena rostriformis bugensis (Quagga Mussels): A Review of Their Different Invasion Dynamics
Daniel P. Molloy, New York State Museum, Division of Research and Collections, USA

The Invasive Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha as a Habitat Engineer in a Boreal Coastal Lagoon
Anastasija Zaiko, Klaipeda University, Coastal Research and Planning Institute, Lithuania

The Zebra Mussel Shells as a Substrate for Periphyton
Sergey E. Mastitsky, Belarussian State University, Belarus

Physiological and Ecological Traits in Invasive Zebra Mussel and Local Unionids
Marina Orlova, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Impact of the Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha on the Ecological Integrity of Lough morpha Sheelin
Michael Millane, University College Dublin, School of Biology and Environmental Science, Ireland

First Report of a High Prevalence and Intensity of Parasitic Infection in North American Zebra Mussels: What’s the Significance?
Daniel P. Molloy, New York State Museum, Division of Research and Collections, USA

Assessment of Waterborne Parasites in Irish River Basin Districts – Use of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) as Bioindicators polymorpha
Thaddeus K. Graczyk, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

Recent Invasion of the Zebra Mussel: The Spanish Experience
Concha Durán Lalaguna, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, Confederación Hidrográfica de Ebro, Spain

Does the Biofouling by Dreissena polymorpha in Waterways Impact Rhodeus sericeus Reproductive Success? A Potential Competitive Interaction Between Two Common Aquatic Invaders in Europe
Philine zu Ermgassen, University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, UK

Education and Outreach: The Information Highway

Evaluating the Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers! Campaign to Prevent the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species by Recreational Boaters in Three States
Douglas A. Jensen, University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program, USA

Hydrilla: From Rapid Response Planning to Reality
Carol Swinehart, Michigan Sea Grant, Michigan State University, USA

Alaska Green Crab Monitoring Project
Dan Gilson, Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council, USA

Of Gods and Government: What Can Cherax quadricarinatus in Black River, Jamaica Teach Us About Invasive Species Communication and Management?
Wei Ying Wong, Brown University, Center for Environmental Studies, USA

NISbase and GISIN: Building a Pilot System to Cross Search Invasive Species Online Databases
Pam Fuller, US Geological Survey, Florida Integrated Science Center

Invaders of the United States National Parks: Using Film as an Education Tool to Conserve Resources
Linda Drees, National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center, USA

Shipping: Technology

Understanding the Realities of a Private Sector Technology Provider in the Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) Market
Mike Hasson, Echoclor Inc., USA

Treatment of Ballast Water with Chlorine Dioxide to Control Invasive Species Under Actual Shipping Conditions
Lucie Maranda, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, USA

Shipboard Testing of Seakleen® as a Ballast Water Treatment to Eliminate Non-indigenous Species Aboard a Working Tanker in Pacific Waters
David A. Wright, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, USA

New Method for Treating Ship Ballast Solids to Prevent Future Introductions of Aquatic Invasive Species: Effect of Lime Stabilizaton/Recarbonation on Survivorship, Water Chemistry and Process Economics
Barnaby J. Watten, US Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, USA

Peraclean® Ocean for Ballast Water Treatment: Onboard Ship Evaluation in Very Cold Temperatures
Yves de Lafontaine, Environment Canada, St. Lawrence Centre, Canada

Offshore Oil Platforms and Aquatic Invasive Species: Implications of Recent Discoveries in California
Carolynn S. Culver, University of California Cooperative Extension Program and Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, USA

Vessel Biofouling as a Vector for Invasive Marine Species: Biosecurity New Zealand’s Research Programme
Daniel Kluza, Biosecurity New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, New Zealand

How to Gift-Wrap a Frigate: Hull Encapsulation as a Potential Incursion Response Tool for Large Vessels
Daniel McClary, Golder Associates (NZ) Ltd., New Zealand

Invasive Plants: Macrophytes on the Move

Understanding Eurasian Watermilfoil: Nutrients, Growth and Invasion
Mark W. Swinton, Darrin Fresh Water Institute and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Biology, USA

Lessons from Four Freshwater Invasive Plants in New Zealand
John Clayton, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand

The Quantitative Abundance of Lagarosiphon major in Lough Corrib Ireland
Liam Gavin, Western Regional Fisheries Board, Ireland

Lagarosiphon major in Irish Watercourses – Awareness and Control
Joseph M. Caffrey, Central Fisheries Board, Swords Business Campus, Ireland

The Invasion of the Water Hycinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in SW Europe
Trinidad Ruiz Téllez, University of Extremadura, Faculty of Sciences, Spain

Pond Apple (Annona glabra) Economic Prospecting: Opportunities for Meeting Challenges of Alien Invasive Plant Infested Ecosystems in Sri Lanka
Leel Randeni, Ministry of Environment, Promotion and Environmental Education Division, Sri Lanka

Physiological Age-Grading Techniques to Assess Reproductive Status of Insect Biocontrol Agents of Aquatic Plants
Jennifer Lenz, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Germany

An Ecological Approach to Aquatic Plant Management
R. Michael Smart, US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA

Invasion Impacts

Predicting Lake Vulnerability to Species Invasion Using a Hierarchical Approach
Hugh MacIsaac, University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, Canada

Phenology and Population Dynamics of the Invasive Ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Recipient Areas of the Eurasian Seas - Changes Linked with Environmental Variability and Climate Forcing
Tamara Shiganova, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

Invading Ecosystem Engineer Dramatically Alters Benthic Communities In and Out of Marine Reserves
Dianna K. Padilla, Stony Brook University, Department of Ecology and Evolution, USA

The Economic Impact of Aquatic Nuisance Species
Alfred F. Cofrancesco, Jr., US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, USA

Introduced Marine Crustacea Decapoda and Stomatopoda in Syria: An Overview and Recent Data
Hassan Hasan, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, France

Non-indigenous Species Invading Italian Inland Waters: Distribution, Case Studies and Threats
Francesca Gherardi, Università di Firenze, Dipartimento di Biologia Animale e Genetica, Italy

Environmental Modulation of the Reproductive Activity of the Invasive Mussel Limnoperna fortunei in South America
Francisco Sylvester, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Effects of Nile Perch on the Ecology of the Spot-Necked Otter and Competition with Fishermen in Lake Victoria, Kenya
Mordecai Ogada, National Museums of Kenya, Department of Ichthyology, Kenya

Invasion of the Asian Clam Corbicula fluminea in Lake Constance
Stefan Werner, University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute, Germany

Biofouling: Keeping Aliens in Check

Successful Control of Zebra Mussels in a Fouled Waterworks Using Microencapsulated BioBullets
David C. Aldridge, University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, UK

Update on Pseudomonas fluorescens Strain CL145A as a Zebra Mussel Control Agent
Daniel P. Molloy, New York State Museum, Division of Research and Collections, USA

A Comparative Study of Zebra Mussel Control Methodologies in the Lake Ontario Region
Amit Bhatt, ProMinent Fluid Controls Ltd., Canada

The Use of Ozone to Control Zebra Mussels, Ontario Power Generation, Lennox Generating Station
Terry Brady, Ontario Power Generation, Canada

Control of Golden Mussel by Ozonation of Cooling Water in Power Plants
Matthias Rothe, ProMinent ProMaqua GmbH, Germany

Proactive Approach to Zebra Mussel Treatment at a Spanish Nuclear Power Plant: A Case Study
Miguel Angel Cortes Cabanero, Santa Maria de Garona Nuclear Plant, Spain

On-site Evaluation of Fouling Release Coatings for the Protection of Cooling Circuits Against Macro-organisms
Lieve Verelst, Laborelec, Belgium

Zebra Mussels in Russia: Past, Present and Towards its Control in Service Water Systems
Marina I. Orlova, Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

An Electric Barrier to Prevent Aquatic Invasive Species Dispersal in a Commercial Navigation Canal
Philip B. Moy, University of Wisconsin Sea Grant, USA

Fish and Gobies

Non-native Armored Catfishes in Florida: Description of Nest Burrows and Burrow Colonies with Preliminary Assessment of Shoreline Impacts
Leo G. Nico, US Geological Survey – Florida Integrated Science Center, USA

Do Introduced Pumpkinseed Sunfish Have an Impact on Native Species in European Streams?
Gordon H. Copp, CEFAS, Salmon and Freshwater Team, UK

Aspects of Successful Invasion of English Inland Waters by Introduced Topmouth Gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva
Kathleen Beyer, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dorset, Natural Environment Research Council, UK

Distribution of Racer Goby Neogobius gymnotrachelus Along the Cross Section of a Dam Reservoir on the Lower Vistula River (Central Poland)
Tomasz Kakareko, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

Modification in the Reproduction Strategy – Reason for the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) Invasion Success in the Gulf melanostomus of Gdansk?
Mariusz R. Sapota, University of Gdansk, Institute of Oceanography, Poland

Alien Fish Species in Southeast Asia: Pathways, Biological Characteristics, Establishment and Invasiveness
Christine Marie V. Casal, FishBase Project, WorldFish Center, Philippines

Invasive Fishes and their Effects on the Native Fish Fauna of the Upper Rio Grande Basin, USA
Bob Calamusso, Tonto National Forest, USA

Invasion Impacts

Predicting the Impacts of Introduced Mussels on Aquatic Communities
Jessica M. Ward, McGill University, Redpath Museum, Canada

Drastic Change of Peracaridan Assemblage in Lake Dusia, Lithuania, After the Introduction of Ponto-Caspian Aliens
Kestutis Arbaciauskas, Vilnius University, Institute of Ecology, Lithuania

Invaders Are Not a Random Selection of Species
Alexander Y. Karatayev, Stephen F. Austin State University, Department of Biology, USA

Invasibility of Small Lakes and Impact on a Non-indigenous Plant
Helena Berglund, Lund University, Department of Ecology, Sweden

Invasive Species in Ireland: Risk Assessments, Policy Development and International Co-operation
Caitriona M. Maguire, EnviroCentre, Northern Ireland

Beyond the Lacey Act: Improving the Enforcement of Aquatic Invasive Species Regulations
Jill Finster, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, USA

Assessment of Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) marinus Populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin
Todd B. Steeves, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sea Lamprey Control Centre, Canada

Fighting the Sea Lamprey in the Great Lakes: 50 years of AIS Management
W. Paul Sullivan, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sea Lamprey Control Centre, Canada

Biofouling: Keeping Aliens in Check

A Study of an Unidentified Energy Field to Determine its Potential Value in Excluding Fish from Water-Intakes, Ship Canals, etc.
A. Garry Smythe, Shaw Environmental Inc., USA

Use of Rotenone to Eradicate the Round Goby (Neogobius melanostomus) in Pefferlaw Brook
Brian E. Stephens, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Central and Arctic Region, Canada

Potential Economic Impacts of Zebra Mussels on the Hydropower Facilities in the Columbia River Basin
Stephen Phillips, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, USA

Technology, Psychology and Bullfrog Eradication
Stan A. Orchard, BullfrogControl.com Inc., Canada

Distribution, Density, and Population Dynamics of Invasive Applesnail Pomacea Insularum in Southeast Texas
Lyubov E. Burlakova, Stephen F. Austin State University, Department of Biology, USA

Biological Control of Invasive Aquatic Weed Eichhornia crassipes in Tamiraparani River Basin (India)
R. Ramanibai, University of Madras, Department of Zoology, India

Prevention of Dispersion Strategy of Golden Mussel in Central Part of South America
Cláudia T. Callil, University of Mato Grosso, Biology and Zoology Department, Brazil

Golden Apple Snail: Global Invasion and Management
Ravindra C. Joshi, Philippine Rice Research Institute, Philippines