USGS: Science Topics: invasive species

Science Topics

Maps, Imagery, and Publications Hazards Newsroom Education Jobs Partnerships Library About USGS Podcasts/RSS

You are here: Topics > Organism groupings (non-taxonomic) > Nonindigenous species

Invasive species

Plant, animal, or microbe species that is non-native (or alien) to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm, or harm to human health.

Subtopics:
(none)

Related topics:

Results 11 - 20 of 28 listed alphabetically [list by similarity]

Invasive crayfish in the Pacific Northwest [More info]: These organisms have negative effects on local ecosystems, but we don't yet know how extensively they have spread. Here is a key to help people identify them.
Invasive species program [More info]: This program provides management-oriented research and delivers information needed to prevent, detect, control, and eradicate invasive species, and to restore impaired ecosystems.
Invasive species research [More info]: Links to research projects that will improve the ability to detect, monitor, and predict the effects of invasive species, including exotic animals, on native ecosystems of the Pacific Southwest (California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona).
Northern Appalachian Field Branch, Leetown Science Center [More info]: Description of scientific focus and research at the Northern Appalachian Field Lab on mining land use impacts and mediation, aquatic ecology, effects of dam removal, and invasive plant and animal species.
Patuxent's effects of ecological processes and human impacts on biological resources--invasive species [More info]: List and brief abstracts on research projects on invasive species, the ecology of introduced species, and developing management strategies at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center.
Recent changes in the food web of Lake Erie - the role of phosphorus and zebra mussels [More info]: Brief overview of the proliferation of zebra mussels and the role of phosphorus in Lake Erie with links to publications related to Lake Erie water quality.
Salvinia molesta, Salvinia weevil, Salvinia minima [More info]: Life history and identification of Salvinia species, a floating, rootless tree fern and a noxious aquatic weed. Site includes posters, instructions on submitting sightings, how to subscribe to a listserv on the weed, and a bibliography.
Satellite tracking and geospatial analysis of feral swine and their habitat use in Louisiana and Mississippi [More info]: Invasive pigs first introduced to the continental United States in the 1500s by European explorers. Using tracking collars, we have begun to discover where these troublesome animals go.
South Florida Restoration Science Forum [More info]: Discussions and posters about agriculture, ecology, hydrology, ecosystems, and resource management efforts in south Florida.
South Florida Restoration Science Forum: Invasive exotic species [More info]: Posters on the distribution and control of nonindigenous species introduced into southern Florida.

Result pages:Previous 1 2 3 NextAll

Search USGS

Alphabetical Index of Topics a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z

Accessibility FOIA Privacy Policies and Notices

U.S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.usgs.gov/science//science/science.php?term=602&b=10&n=10&order=alpha
Page Contact Information: Ask USGS