References & Sources

Invading Gobies Conquer Great Lakes Full Text

In just 9 short years, a scrappy European fish has colonized all of five Great Lakes and is heading for the Mississippi.

Further Readings:

1999. Exotic nuisance: Round goby expands its range in Chicago area waterways. Inside Region 3 1(July 20). Available from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Clinton, W.J. 1999. Executive Order on Invasive Species. Available at http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2R?urn:pdi://oma.eop.gov.us/1999/2/3/14.text.2.

Corkum, L.D., A.J. Macinnis, and R.G. Wickett. 1998. Reproductive habits of round gobies. Great Lakes Research Review 3:13.

Dawson, V.K., M.A. Boogaard, and T.D. Bills. 1998. Evaluation of piscicides for controlling range expansion of round goby (Neogobiu melanostomus) and ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus). International Zebra Mussel and Other Nuisance Species Conference. March. Sacramento, Calif.

Dubs, D.O.L., and L.D. Corkum. 1996. Behavioral interactions between round gobies (Neogobius melanostomus) and mottled sculpins (Cottus bairdi). Journal of Great Lakes Research 22:838.

Ghedotti, M.J., J.C. Smihula, and G.R. Smith. 1995. Zebra mussel predation by round gobies in the laboratory. Journal of Great Lakes Research 21:665.

Government of Canada. 1999. New exotic fish species reaches eastern Lake Erie. Available at http://www.mnr.gov.on.ca/mnr/fishing/threat.html.

Jude, D.J. 1997. Round gobies: Cyberfish of the third millennium. Great Lakes Research Review 3(April):27.

Jude, D.J., and S.F. DeBoe. Possible impact of gobies and other introduced species on habitat restoration efforts. Available from the Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences.

Jude, D.J., J. Janssen, and G. Crawford. 1995. Ecology, distribution, and impact of the newly introduced round & tubenose gobies on the biota of the St. Clair & Detroit rivers. In The Lake Huron Ecosystem: Ecology, Fisheries and Management, M. Munawar, T. Edsall, and J. Leach, Eds. Amsterdam: SPB Academic Publishing.

Raloff, J. 1992. From tough ruffe to quagga. Science News 142(July 25):56.

Walker, T. 1991. Dreissena disaster. Science News 139(May 4):282.

The Minnesota Sea Grant Extension Program’s Exotic Species Information Center provides information on how to identify a round goby at http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/sgnis/publicat/goby-w.htm.

Information about ballast water and why we worry about it on the Great Lakes is available at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/regions/central/wiley/bw_pg.html. This site also offers a link to information about aquatic nuisance species.

Information about the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-646) is available at http://nas.nfrcg.gov/control.htm.

The Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species Site provides information on zebra mussels and other aquatic nuisance species at http://www.ansc.purdue.edu/sgnis/.

A map of confirmed round goby sightings (Neogobius melanostomus) is available at http://nas.nfrcg.gov/fishes/images/goby_map.gif.

Sources:

Center for Great Lakes and Aquatic Sciences
University of Michigan
2200 Bonisteel Boulevard
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2099

Ron Dermott
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Central and Arctic Region
Canada Centre for Inland Waters
867 Lakeshore Road
Burlington, ON L7R 4A6
Canada

David J. Jude
University of Michigan
Center for Great Lakes & Aquatic Sciences
501 East University
717 Dennison Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1099

Melissa Kostich
U.S. Geological Survey
Great Lakes Science Center
Biological Resources Division
1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48105

John Mills
Environment Canada
Downsview, ON M3H 5T4
Canada

Gerald R. Smith
University of Michigan
Museum of Zoology
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Mark Steingraeber
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
La Crosse Fishery Resource Office
555 Lester Avenue
Onalaska, WI 54650

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
La Crosse Fishery Resource Office
555 Lester Avenue
Onalaska, WI 54650

From Science News, Vol. 156, No. 5, July 31, 1999, p. 68. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.