Gadfly is a good friend and fellow queer researcher — please chip in if you can!

Our analysis scored 78 of the 188 species listed in #GLANSIS (41%) as invasive. Of these 78 species, 32 species had moderate impacts and 36 species had high impacts. The remaining 10 species had exceptionally strong impacts in multiple categories. #GreatLakesSci

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory @miseagrant CIGLR So, which invasive species have the most significant negative impacts in the #GreatLakes? Based on #GLANSIS impact scores: #ZebraMussel, #QuaggaMussel, #Alewife, #SeaLamprey, #JapaneseStiltgrass, #GrassCarp, #WaterChestnut, #Phragmites, #RoundGoby, and #WhitePerch! #GreatLakesSci

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory @miseagrant CIGLR These species come from different continents, taxa, and vectors of introduction. Their most common shared impacts are threats to/competition with native species, altering predator/prey dynamics, and costly damage to human recreation/aesthetics/economic activities. #GreatLakesSci

NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory @miseagrant CIGLR These quantitative rankings of the top 10 most harmful #AIS can serve as a reference point for researchers, educators and science communicators throughout the #GreatLakes region. We hope you’ll check it out! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #GreatLakesSci

My team’s latest paper is out!

#GLANSIS is in the news! Thanks to @newsweek for some great coverage of our team's most recent paper on the top 10 most impactful #GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies. newsweek.com/invasive-speci… NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory @miseagrant NOAA Research CIGLR U-M SEAS

You can find our full paper "The Great Lakes’ most unwanted: Characterizing the impacts of the top ten Great Lakes aquatic invasive species" here (open-access!) in the Journal of Great Lakes Research: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Finally made a 🟦sky account under this same handle as this site continues to actively decay — much like my profile here, it’ll be mostly work-related because I do miss Science Twitter. Feel free to drop me a line with your own handles if you’d like a follow at the other place!

I’m giving a foraging talk highlighting #invasivespecies and @miseagrant ’s Freshwater Feasts recipe blog at the Pleasant Peninsula: Art & Activism Fair 2024! Come see me on August 24 at 5 pm at the Sixth Street Bridge in Grand Rapids!

The #IAGLR25 Call for Sessions portal is now open. We invite you to propose a scientific session for IAGLR’s 68th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. The conference will be held June 2–6, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The deadline is September 20. bit.ly/3YXzyvU

Had an absolutely delightful time at the Pleasant Peninsula festival in Grand Rapids this weekend talking about wild edibles and meeting other #scicomm folks!

Had a nice chat with the Journal Sentinel this week about our recent NOAA GLANSIS Top 10 paper and the impacts of invasive species in the #GreatLakes! jsonline.com/story/news/loc… @miseagrant NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory CIGLR

188: the number of non-native species that now call the #GreatLakes home 😲 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reveals the top ten undesirables (according to this paper @ doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr…) and the impact these invasive species can have:

Interested in #GreatLakes #ParticipatoryScience? Join the #GLANSIS team and researchers at George Mason University and collect invasive #MysterySnails! 🐌Scientists need your help collecting them to research their genetics + parasites. Learn more here: glerl.noaa.gov/glansis/contri…

#GLANSIS is in the news again! Check out this article on our Top 10 #GreatLakes #InvasiveSpecies paper from Great Lakes Echo: greatlakesecho.org/2024/10/07/stu…

The full report from @miseagrant Invasive Species Language Workshop is now available! This was such a great experience! Check it out here:  michiganseagrant.org/wp-content/upl…

The final report from @miseagrant and NAISMA 's Invasive Species Language Workshop is now live! Learn about best #scicomm practices for #InvasiveSpecies outreach and management and directions for future research here: michiganseagrant.org/wp-content/upl… #NISAW NOAA Research

Great podcast! #GLANSIS communication specialist El Lower features in this first episode, along with a number of our friends and collaborators in the world of #AIS #SciComm!

Boosting for anyone who's still on this site: #GLANSIS needs your help as #AIS experts to review our species profiles + risk assessments! Please share with your networks and contact program manager Rochelle Sturtevant if interested. NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory CIGLR MISIN