PARENT SESSION
Friday, August 11, 8:00-11:30 am
COS 104 - Invasive species VII: prevention, control, and models
Ballroom E, Ballroom Level, Cook Convention Center
Presiders: T Langkilde

A comparison of the recent invasion histories of North American and African Great Lake systems: has anything been learned?

Carter, Jacoby^*,1, Otieno, Onesimus², Merino, Sergio¹, ¹ USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA² Oakwood College, Huntsville, AL

ABSTRACT- The Great Lake systems in North America and East Africa share many similarities but also some important disimilarities with respect to invasive species. Comparisons between the two lake systems will be made on: routes of invasions and introductions, which species were successful and some that were not, and effort to control invasive species. Among the case histories we will briefly cover are Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), nutria (Myocastor coypus), freshwater crawfish (infraorder Astacidea), and top level fish predators.

Key words: invasive species, Lake Victoria, ecosystem