Selected Journal Articles | Selected Internet Links

Baskin, Yvonne. A Plague of Rats and Rubbervines: the Growing Threat of Species Invasions. Washington, DC: Island Press/Shearwater Books, 2002.
MAIN 3S - QH 353 .B28 2002

Bright, Chris. Life Out of Bounds: Bioinvasion in a Borderless World. New York, NY: W.W. Norton, 1998.
MAIN 3S - QH 353 .B75 1998

Committee on the Scientific Basis for Predicting the Invasive Potential of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests in the United States. Predicting invasions of nonindigenous plants and plant pests. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001.
MAIN 3S - SB 990.5 .U6 P74 2002

Committee on Ships' Ballast Operations. Marine Board. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems. National Research Council. Stemming the Tide: Controlling Introductions of Nonindigenous Species by Ships' Ballast Water. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1996.
MAIN 3S - QL 86 .S88 1996

Cronk, Quentin and Janice Fuller. Plant Invaders: the Threat to Natural Ecosystems. Sterling, VA: Earthscan, 2001.
MAIN 3S - SB 613.5 .C76 2001

Devine, Robert. Alien Invasion : America's Battle with Non-native Plants and Animals. Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, 1998.
MAIN 3S - QH 353 .D48 1998

Hill, Barry. Invasive Species: Federal Efforts and State Perspectives on Challenges and National Leadership: Statement of Barry T. Hill, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate. Washington, D.C.: General Accounting Office, 2003.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03916t.pdf

Michigan. Department of Environmental Quality. Office of the Great Lakes. Aquatic Nuisance Species Handbook for Government Officials. Lansing, MI: Author, 1999.
MICH DOCS 2 S - SH 174.5 .A684 1999
http://www.deq.state.mi.us/documents/
deq-water-greatlakes-aquatics-exotic3.pdf

Michigan. Department of Environmental Quality. Office of the Great Lakes. Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species State Management Plan: A Strategy to Confront Their Spread in Michigan. Lansing, MI: Author, 1996.
MICH DOCS 2 S - SB 612.M53 N66 1996
http://michigan.gov/deq/1,1607,7-135-3313_3677_8314-16514--,00.html

Mooney, Harold A. and Richard J. Hobbs, eds. Invasive Species in a Changing World. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000.
MAIN 3S - QH 353 .I59 2000

National Research Council. Committee on the Scientific Basis for Predicting the Invasive Potential of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests in the United States. Predicting Invasions of Nonindigenous Plants and Plant Pests. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2002.
MAIN 3 S - SB 990.5 .U6 P74 2002

National Invasive Species Council. Meeting the Invasive Species Challenge: Management Plan. Washington, DC: The Council, 2001.
US DOCS - I 1.2:SP 3
http://www.invasivespecies.gov/council/draft1002.pdf

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture. Invasive species: hearing before the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, January 31, 2000, Lake Alfred, FL. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000.
US DOCS - Y 4.AG 8/1:106-42

United States. Congress. Committee on Resources. Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans. The Growing Problem of Invasive Species: Joint Oversight Hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans joint with the Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation, and Public Lands of the Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, Tuesday, April 29, 2003. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 2003.
US DOCS - Y 4.R 31/3:108-17
http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/archives/108/fcwo/04_29_03.htm

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards. Combating the invaders: research on non-native species: hearing before the Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standards, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, July 26, 2001. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2001.
US DOCS - Y 4.SCI 2:107-25

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water. National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2003: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water of the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 525, a bill to amend the Nonindigenous Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to reauthorize and improve that act, June 17, 2003. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2004.
US DOCS - Y 4.P 96/10:S.HRG.108-354
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=108_senate_hearings&docid=f:92376.pdf

United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment. Harmful Non-indigenous Species in the United States. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1993.
US DOCS - Y 3.T 22/2:2 H22/993
http://www.wws.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/
byteserv.prl/~ota/disk1/1993/9325/9325.PDF

United States. Department of the Interior. Land Management Bureau. Pulling Together: National Strategy for Invasive Plant Management. Washington, DC: Author, 1998.
US DOCS - I 53.2:P 69/998
http://www.blm.gov/weeds/PullingTogether/PullingTogether.pdf

Van Driesche, Jason and Roy. Nature Out of Place: Biological Invasions in the Global Age. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2000.
MAIN 3S - QH 353 .V36 2000

Westbrooks, Randy G. Invasive Plants: Changing the Landscape of America: Fact Book. Washington, DC: Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds, 1998.
US DOCS - I 49.2:P 69/11
https://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/
ES-Programs/Conservation/Invasive/intro.html

Selected Journal Articles

Baskin, Yvonne. "Winners and Losers in a Changing World." BioScience. 48:10 (October 1998): 788-792.

BioScience. (Special Issue on Invasive Species) 51:2 (February 2001).

Bright, Christopher. "Crawling Out of the Pipe: Biological Invasions via Commerce (e.g., Ships), Industry (e.g., forest products), and Human Travel & Tourism." World Watch. 12:1 (Jan./Feb. 1999): 22-33.

Bright, Christopher. "Invasive Species: Pathogens of Globalization." Foreign Policy. 116 (Fall 1999): 50-60.

Cangelosi, Allegra. "Blocking Invasive Aquatic Species: Federal Law Must be Updated to Stop Introductions of Nonnative Organisms, Especially by Ships." Issues in Science and Technology 19:2 (Winter 2002): 69(6).

Davis, Mark A. "Biotic Globalization: Does Competition from Introduced Species Threaten Biodiversity?" Bioscience. 53:5 (May 2003): 481-9.

Dybas, Cheryl Lyn. "Invasive Species: the Search of Solutions." Bioscience. 54:7 (July 2004): 615(7).

Ginsburg, Janet. "Bio Invasion: Foreign Diseases Threatening Ranch and Farm Economies Worldwide." Business Week. 3698 (September 11, 2000): 70-8.

Hosansky, David. "Invasive Species: Can Harmful Foreign Plants and Animals be Stopped?" CQ Researcher. 11:34 (October 5, 2001): 785 (22).

Leahy, Stephen. "An Erie Decline: Thanks to Invasive Species, the Shallowest Great Lake is in Big Trouble." Maclean's. 116:22 (June 2, 2003): 36-8.

McNeely, Jeffrey A. "Strangers in Our Midst: the Problem of Invasive Alien Species." Environment. 46:6 (July/August 2004): 16(16).

Perakis, Anastassios. "Options for Nonindigenous Species Control and Their Economic Impact on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway: A Survey." Marine Technology and SNAME News. 40:1 (January 2003): 34-41.

Perrings, Charles. "Biological Invasions in Aquatic Systems: the Economic Problem." Bulletin of Marine Science. 70:2 (March 2002): 541-52.

Science. (Special Issue on Invasive Species) 285:5435 (September 17, 1999)

• Enserink, Martin. "Biological Invaders Sweep In." p. 1834.
• Kaiser, Jocelyn. "Stemming the Tide of Invading Species." p. 1836.
• Malakoff, David. "Fighting Fire with Fire." p. 1841.

Wilcove, David S., David Rothstein and Jason Dubow. "Quantifying Threats to Imperiled Species in the United States." BioScience. 48:8 (August 1998): 607-15.

Woodsen, Mary M. "Forest Invaders." American Forests. 107:2 (Summer 2001): 32-7.

Selected Internet Links

Invasivespecies.gov. National Biological Information Infrastructure and Center for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey.
http://www.invasivespecies.gov/

Main Federal site for Invasive Species information, regardless of department. Also includes links to state governments and private groups.

Aquatic Nuisance Species. Great Lakes Commission. Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species.
http://www.glc.org/ans/

Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
http://www.anstaskforce.gov

Biological Pollution. Northeast Midwest Institute.
http://www.nemw.org/biopollute.htm

Invasive Species. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Water.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/invasive_species/index.html

Invasive Species in the Great Lakes Region. Great Lakes Information Network.
http://www.great-lakes.net/envt/flora-fauna/invasive/invasive.html

Invasives on the Web. Wildlife Invasive Species Team. The Nature Conservancy .
http://tncweeds.ucdavis.edu/

Michigan Invasive Plant Council. Michigan State University. College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
http://www.msue.msu.edu/mipc/

Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Information Resource. U.S. Geological Survey.
http://cars.er.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous_Species/nonindigenous_species.html

Plant Protection and Quarantine. U.S. Department of Agriculture. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.
http://www.aphis.usda.gov/ppq/

Sea Grant, National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse. Great Lakes Sea Grant Network.
http://www.aquaticinvaders.org/

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Updated 08/14/2005