ALIEN SPECIES OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY-ESTUARY BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Alien Species

http://www.alaska.net/~aknafws/text/alien.html

Brief discussion of alien species in Alaska.

Andrew Cohen and James Carlton’s December 1995, 283-page report on the biological invasions of the S.F. Bay and Delta

http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/TR/ELIB:701

Case study of the San Francisco Bay and Delta with regard to biological invasion.

Ballast Water and the Accidental Introduction of Invasive Species in the San Francisco Bay

http://www.bayareamonitor.org/mar00/ballastwater.html

Ballast water and its part in introducing exotic species is discussed.

California Native Plant Society: Conservation – Invasive Exotics

http://www.cnps.org/conservation/exotics.htm

"Invasive exotics are quickly becoming the premier threat to California's unique native plants and plant communities." Find out more at this site.

Chinese Mitten Crabs discovered in the San Francisco Bay

http://www.calacademy.org/calwild/pacdis/issues/summer96/crab.htm

From the Academy’s own magazine in 1996.

Climate Change May Promote Alien Species

http://www.enn.com/enn-news-archive/1999/01/012699/aliens_1299.asp

1999 press report on a study examining the effect and causes of alien species.

Database on Introduction of Aquatic Species

http://www.fao.org/WAICENT/FAOINFO/FISHERY/statist/fisoft/dias/mainpage.htm

Searchable database and access to related links.

Environmental and Economic Costs Associated with Non-indigenous Species in the United States

http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Jan99/species_costs.html

"Nonetheless, about 400 of the 958 species that are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act are considered to be at risk primarily because of competition with and predation by non-indigenous species." Find out more at this site.

Green Crab Invades the Northwest Coast

http://www.fishingnj.org/artgrncrb.htm

Report on what some agencies are doing to eradicate one particular invasive species.

Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States

http://www.wws.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1993/9325_n.html

A government report on the harmful non-indigenous species in the US. Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The History and Effects of Exotic Species in San Francisco Bay

http://sfbay.wr.usgs.gov/access/exotic-species

A series of web pages on the history and effects of exotic species in San Francisco Bay.

Indigenous, Alien & Invasive

http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/EnvFacts/facts/aliens.htm

Easy to understand explanations of indigenous, alien, and invader.

The Invasion of the Yellow Star Thistle in California

http://www.arastradero.org/news/yellow_star_thistle.html

Find out how the yellow star thistle has invaded California and learn about the problems it has caused.

Invasive plants in Northern California

http://www.bayareamonitor.org/may00/weeds.html

Learn more about plants that have invaded California.

Migration of Species Damaging to U.S. Wildlife

http://www2.cnn.com/EARTH/9611/21/micro.invaders/

A report from San Francisco.

San Francisco Bay Ecology

http://www.sfbaymsi.org/ecology.htm

A section of the Bay Ecology page refers to introduced species.

US Fish and Wildlife Service: Invasive Species Program

http://invasives.fws.gov/

Access to current topics and more.

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BOOKS

America’s Least Wanted: Alien Species Invasion of U.S. Ecosystems. Arlington, VA: Nature Conservancy, 1996. Main SB990.5 .U6 A43 1996.

Biological Pollution: The Control and Impact of Invasive Exotic Species. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Academy of Sciences, 1993. Main SB990.5 .N7 B56 1993.

Carlton, James T. History, Biogeography, and Ecology of the Introduced Marine and Estuarine Invertebrates of the Pacific Coast of North America. Davis, CA: University of California Press, 1979. IZ&G QL362 .C35 1979.

Cohen, Andrew Neal. An Introduction to the Ecology of the San Francisco Estuary. Oakland , CA: San Francisco Estuary Project, 1990. Pub QH541.5 .E8 C64 1990.

Cohen, Andrew Neal. Nonindigenous Species in a United States Estuary: A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the SF Bay. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, 1995. REF Wild California QH105 .C2 C64 1995.

Cloern, James E and Frederic Nicholas, Editors. Temporal Dynamics of an Estuary: San Francisco Bay. Boston, MA: W. Junk, 1985. Main GC856 .T45 1985.

Ecology of Biological Invasions. London: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Main QH197 .E36 1986.

Ecology of Biological Invasions of North America and Hawaii. New York: Springer Verlag, 1986. Main QH102 .E28 1986.

Herbold, Bruce. The Ecology of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta: A Community Profile. Washington, D.C.: Fish and Wildlife Service, US Dept of the Interior and US Environmental Protection Agency; National Technical Information Service, 1989. Main Serials QH540 .U56 no. 85 (7.22) & REF Wild California QH105 .C2 H47 1989.

Herbold, Bruce. Status and Trends on Aquatic Resources of the SF Estuary. Davis, CA: University of California Press. 1991. Biodiv REF QH105 .C2 H47 1991.

Hymanson, Zachary P. Results of a Spatially Intensive Survey of Potamocorbula Amurensis in the Upper San Francisco Bay Estuary. Sacramento, CA: The Program, 1991. Main QL430.7.C69 H95 1991.

Lachner, Ernest and C. Richard Robins and Walter Courtenay, Jr. Exotic Fishes and Other Aquatic Organism Introduced into North America. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970 Main Serials QL1 .S54 no. 59.

Leidy, R.A. Distribution of Ecology of Stream Fishes in the SF Bay Drainage. Berkeley, CA: University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. 1994. REF Wild California & Ichthy QL628. C2 L45 1984.

Lever, Christopher. Naturalized Animal: The Ecology of Successfully Introduced Species. London: T. & A.D. Poyer, 1994. Biodiv QL86 .L48 1994

Lever, Christopher. Naturalized Fishes of the World. San Diego: Academic Press. 1996. Main QL615 .L48 1996.

Lindberg, David R. Acmaeidae: Gastropoda Mollusca: Invertebrates of the San Francisco Bay Estuary System. Pacific Grove. CA: Boxwood Press, 1981. IZ&G QL430.5 .A26 L56.

Nichols, Frederic H. A Review of Benthic Faunal Surveys in San Francisco Bay. Washington, D.C.: US Geological Survey , 1973. Pub QL164 .N533.

The Silent Invasion. Honolulu, HI: Coordinating Group on Alien Pest Species, 1997. Main SB990.5 .H3 S54 1994.

State of the Estuary. 1992-1997: Vital Statistics, New Science, Environmental Management. San Francisco: The Project, 1997. Biodiv & REF Wild California QH105 .C2 S72 1997.

ARTICLES

Baltz, Donald M. and Peter B. Moyle. "Invasion Resistance to Introduced Species by a Native Assemblage of California Stream Fishes." Ecological Applications Volume 3 No. 2 (1993) p 246-255. Main Serials QH540 .E26.

Bradford, David F., Farinaz Tabatabai and David M. Graber. "Isolation of Remaining Population of the Native Frog, Rana, Muscosa, by Introduced Fishes in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California ." Conservation Biology Volume 7 No. 4 (1993) p882-888. Biodiv Serials.

Cohen, Andrew and J. T. Carlton. "Periwinkle's Progress: The Atlantic Snail Littorina saxatilis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Establishes a Colony on a Pacific Shore." Veliger 41(4) (1998) p333-338. Main Serials QL401 .V4.

Cohen, Andrew. "Place Invaders: Intruders in San Francisco Bay." Pacific Discovery 46:3 (1993) p22-26. Main Serials Q1 .P3.

Cohen, Andrew. "Accelerating Invasion Rate in a Highly Invaded Estuary." Science 279 (1998) p555-558. Main Serials 505 Sci27.

Cohen, Andrew and J. T. Carlton. "Transoceanic Transport Mechanisms: The Introduction of the Chinese Mitten Crab Eriocheir sinensis to California." Pacific Science 51(1) (1997) p1-11. Main Serials 505 P119S.

Greenberg, N., RL Garthwait, and DC Potts. "Allozyme and Morphological Evidence For a Newly Introduced Species of Aurelia in San Francisco Bay, California." Marine Biology (Berlin) Volume 125, No. 2 (1996) p401-410. Main Serials QH91 .A1 M35.

Jennings, Mark R. and Michael K. Saiki. "Establishment of Red Shiner, Notropis Lutrensis, in the San Joaquin Valley, California." California Fish and Game Vol. 76 No. 1 (1990) p46-57. Main Serials SK373 .C2 A2.

Lee, Dennis P. "Contribution of Nonnative Fish to California’s Inland Recreational Fishery." Uses and Effects of Cultured Fishes in Aquatic Ecosystems: Proceedings of the International Symposium Held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 12-17 March 1994. Harold L Schramm Jr. And Robert G. Piper. Editors. American Fisheries Society Symposium No. 15 (1995) p16-20. SA SH329 .F57 I57 1994.

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