Integrative Systems for Invasive Species (ISIS)

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Threats posed by invasive species are many. We have begun a 5-year project to model spread of aquatic, invasive species in the Great Lakes states and in Ontario. A second component of the project involves economic assessments of damage potentially associated with spread of these invasive species, and a determination of when and how to intervene to maximize welfare (social benefit).

Dr. David Lodge, a professor of biology at the University of Notre Dame, leads our team. Dr. Gary Lamberti (also Notre Dame) is another aquatic ecologist on the project. Economics faculty include Dr. Jay Shogren (University of Wyoming) and Dr. David Finnoff (University of Central Florida). The modeling team is led by Dr. Mark Lewis, University of Alberta, and Dr. Brian Leung, McGill University.

Our project has been funded by a $2.9US million grant from the National Science Foundation (USA) and by a $680,000Can Collaborative Research Opportunities grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada).

For more information on this exciting project, please go to the project’s web site. ISIS web site