Integrated Monitoring and Information Systems for Managing Aquatic Invasive Species in a Changing Climate

Lee Ii H, Reusser DA, Olden JD, Smith SS, Graham J, Burkett V, Dukes JS, Piorkowski RJ, Mcphedran J. 2008. Integrated Monitoring and Information Systems for Managing Aquatic Invasive Species in a Changing Climate. Conservation Biology 22:575–584. PDF.

Summary

Lee et al. provide tables and brief discussion of different sources of data and models that are utilized to inform aquatic invasive species management, namely:

  1.  Environmental data

  2. Climate projections

  3. Species monitoring data

  4. Niche models

They discuss these different, and suggest discuss ways to better integrate these separate components, such as including native species into monitoring databases and standardized reporting/classification of features of different models/data sources to make information extraction easier. The authors recommend increasing efforts to develop and expand Web portals that provide easy access to multiple databases rather than attempt to develop one database with all data (which they deem impractical). Their paper can be useful to managers interested in finding sources of data.

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Keywords

Shifting Seasons; Range Expansion; Management Implications; Review; Invasive Plant; Aquatic Habitat; Risk Assessment