Invasive Species

Research under this theme focuses on the prevention, monitoring, detection, and control of invasive species, and on a better understanding of the range of their ecosystem impacts.

Great Lakes Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS) work continues through CILER, with 1) an emphasis on developing a prioritized list of potential high-risk invader species, and compiling associated fact sheets, and 2) identifying range expansion species and developing full profiles of them for inclusion in the information system.

The long-time monitoring and tracking of trends in primary producers, pelagic crustaceans, and benthic macroinvertebrates in the Great Lakes continues as a means to measure and forecast food web dynamics due to outside influences, such as invasive species. Related to this work, investigators are trying to also identify the role of pathogens in causing the disappearance of a rich food source, Diporeia, and how this relates to invasive mussel presence in the Great Lakes.

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Contact Us:

CILER
G110 Dana Building
440 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
Phone: (734) 763-3010

Vision and Mission:

CILER's vision is to enhance the quality of the Great Lakes and its related ecosystem services, through a partnership of universities, NOAA scientists, and other stakeholders.

CILER's mission includes: 1) translating research into productive outcomes through outreach and education; 2) facilitating productive interactions between scientists in the Great Lakes basin, with a primary focus on NOAA partnerships; 3) identifying and characterizing emerging areas of concern for the Great Lakes ecosystem, with applications to all coastal ecosystems; 4) providing a forum for better linking ecosystem responses, sustainable ecosystem services, and decision-making, and; 5) advancing our understanding of, and ability to predict, complex ecosystem processes, responses, and dynamics.