Invasive Species and Diseases

• Finger Lakes Partnership for Invasive Species Management (FL-PRISM)

• 2005 NYS Invasive Species Task Force Report

• "Hydrogeochemical and Ecological Consequences of Zebra and Quagga Mussels for Seneca Lake"

• Weeds Watch Out! (W2O)

• Population Genetics of Zebra and Quagga Mussels in the Finger Lakes: What Can Genetic Analyses Tell Us About Colonization Dynamics?

• Viral hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS) Virus is a serious pathogen of fresh and saltwater fish that is causing an emerging disease in the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. VHS virus affects fish of all size and age ranges, but does not pose any threat to human health. Conesus Lake, the westernmost Finger Lake, had a confirmed outbreak of VHS in 2006, which killed between 50-100 walleye. Skaneateles Lake is the most recent Finger Lake to be inflicted by VHS with an outbreak in June 2007.

• Skaneateles Lake May Be Next Stop for New Invasive Plant
  Water chestnut threatens spread to the Finger Lakes region after an infestation was found in Otisco Lake, the easternmost Finger Lake, in August 2006.

• Bloody Red Shrimp (Hemimysis anomala) invade Lake Ontario and threaten the Finger Lakes. Because the bloody red shrimp eat waterfleas and algae, they may compete with young fish, while providing food for larger fish. Learn more about hemimysis anomala from the NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory or JSOnline.com.