Invasive Species We Study: Invasive Carp Active
Bighead, black, grass, and silver carp are sometimes referred to collectively as invasive carp. The term invasive carp replaced Asian carp in 2021. which are native to China, were originally stocked in aquaculture facilities to control algae, snails, and vegetation. These species have invaded the Mississippi River and are now established throughout the lower and middle Mississippi River Basins and some of its large tributaries where they damage ecosystems and harm economies.
USGS is leading research efforts on risk assessment and early detection of new invasions. USGS is also developing and evaluating harvest methods, barriers and deterrents, and baits/attractants to provide Federal and State management agencies the tools needed to manage and reduce populations of these species.
Invasive Carp Research
Registration of Carbon Dioxide–Carp
Invasive Carp Control: Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide for General Aquatic Invasive Species Control
Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Non-Target Organisms
Carbon Dioxide as an Invasive Carp Lethal Control
Engineering and Testing of Carbon Dioxide Infusion Systems
Carbon Dioxide as an Invasive Carp Behavioral Deterrent
Comparative Freshwater Fish Toxicity Testing of Antimycin A
Survey and Assessment of Live Food Markets as an Invasion Pathway
The Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert Risk Mapper (ARM)
Fish Slam November 2018
Development and Evaluation of Novel Capture Gears for Bigheaded Carps
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS invasive carp research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS invasive carp data is available from the button below.
Swimming speeds of grass carp in response to turbulence
Development of an age estimation method for Grass Carp from North America
Physiological and behavioral responses of bighead and silver carp to chemicals associated with common carp sex pheromones
Developmental Stages of Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) eggs in the Sandusky River (ver. 3.0, July 2020)
Asian carp eDNA and egg morphology data collected from Truman Reservoir tributaries, Missouri, USA, 2014
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS invasive carp research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS invasive carp publications is available from the button below.
Decision analysis of barrier placement and targeted removal to control invasive carp in the Tennessee River Basin
Demographic rate variability of Bighead and Silver Carps along an invasion gradient
EDNA monitoring in the upper Mississippi River
Using turbulence to identify preferential areas for grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) larvae in streams: A laboratory study
Lock operations influence upstream passages of invasive and native fishes at a Mississippi River high-head dam
Telemetry evaluation of carbon dioxide as a behavioral deterrent for invasive carps
Advancements towards selective barrier passage by automatic species identification: Applications of deep convolutional neural networks on images of dewatered fish
Using Markov chains to quantitatively assess movement patterns of invasive fishes impacted by a carbon dioxide barrier in outdoor ponds
Use of environmental DNA to detect grass carp spawning events
Status of the major aquaculture carps of China in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin
Toxicity of carbon dioxide to freshwater fishes: Implications for aquatic invasive species management
Regime change in a large-floodplain river ecosystem: Patterns in body-size and functional biomass indicate a shift in fish communities
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Bighead, black, grass, and silver carp are sometimes referred to collectively as invasive carp. The term invasive carp replaced Asian carp in 2021. which are native to China, were originally stocked in aquaculture facilities to control algae, snails, and vegetation. These species have invaded the Mississippi River and are now established throughout the lower and middle Mississippi River Basins and some of its large tributaries where they damage ecosystems and harm economies.
USGS is leading research efforts on risk assessment and early detection of new invasions. USGS is also developing and evaluating harvest methods, barriers and deterrents, and baits/attractants to provide Federal and State management agencies the tools needed to manage and reduce populations of these species.
Invasive Carp Research
Registration of Carbon Dioxide–Carp
Invasive Carp Control: Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide for General Aquatic Invasive Species Control
Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Non-Target Organisms
Carbon Dioxide as an Invasive Carp Lethal Control
Engineering and Testing of Carbon Dioxide Infusion Systems
Carbon Dioxide as an Invasive Carp Behavioral Deterrent
Comparative Freshwater Fish Toxicity Testing of Antimycin A
Survey and Assessment of Live Food Markets as an Invasion Pathway
The Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert Risk Mapper (ARM)
Fish Slam November 2018
Development and Evaluation of Novel Capture Gears for Bigheaded Carps
Recent data (2020-2022) related to USGS invasive carp research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS invasive carp data is available from the button below.
Swimming speeds of grass carp in response to turbulence
Development of an age estimation method for Grass Carp from North America
Physiological and behavioral responses of bighead and silver carp to chemicals associated with common carp sex pheromones
Developmental Stages of Grass Carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) eggs in the Sandusky River (ver. 3.0, July 2020)
Asian carp eDNA and egg morphology data collected from Truman Reservoir tributaries, Missouri, USA, 2014
Recent publications (2020-2022) related to USGS invasive carp research are listed below. A complete listing of USGS invasive carp publications is available from the button below.
Decision analysis of barrier placement and targeted removal to control invasive carp in the Tennessee River Basin
Demographic rate variability of Bighead and Silver Carps along an invasion gradient
EDNA monitoring in the upper Mississippi River
Using turbulence to identify preferential areas for grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) larvae in streams: A laboratory study
Lock operations influence upstream passages of invasive and native fishes at a Mississippi River high-head dam
Telemetry evaluation of carbon dioxide as a behavioral deterrent for invasive carps
Advancements towards selective barrier passage by automatic species identification: Applications of deep convolutional neural networks on images of dewatered fish
Using Markov chains to quantitatively assess movement patterns of invasive fishes impacted by a carbon dioxide barrier in outdoor ponds
Use of environmental DNA to detect grass carp spawning events
Status of the major aquaculture carps of China in the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin
Toxicity of carbon dioxide to freshwater fishes: Implications for aquatic invasive species management
Regime change in a large-floodplain river ecosystem: Patterns in body-size and functional biomass indicate a shift in fish communities
Explore our science using the software below.