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Hugh MacIsaac

Esteban M Paolucci

Amanda Eyraud

Sara Ghabooli

Boris Beric

Farrah Chan

Marco Hernandez

Alessandra Loria

Hugh MacIsaac

on Lake Baikal, Russia

ACADEMIC ADDRESS:

Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research,
University of Windsor,
Windsor, Ontario,
Canada N9B 3P4 
ph. (519) 253-4232 ext. 3754 (office), 2734 (lab)
Fax (519) 971-3616
email: Hugh
 

EMPLOYMENT:

Professor of Biology, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research, University of Windsor (2000-current)

Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Invasive Species Research Chair (2003-2011)

Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor (1997-2000)

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Windsor (1992-1997)

EDUCATION:
NSERC Postdoctoral fellow (1990 - 1992), Zoology Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 

Ph.D. (1986 - 1990), Department of Biology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 

M.Sc. (1983 - 1986), Botany Department, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON 

B.Sc. (1979 - 1983), Department of Biology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON 

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONOURS:
2011 Frank H. Rigler Award, Society of Canadian Limnologists.

2008: Mentoring Award, University of Windsor Alumni Association

2003-current: Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Invasive Species Research Chair 

2012, 2011, 2009, 2006, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 University of Windsor Research Excellence Award

2000 Premier’s Research Excellence Award

1998 International Development Research Centre, Research Cooperation Programme between Canada and Latin America, Faculty Travel Award (Puerto Montt, Chile)

1997 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Science and Technology with European Partners, Travel Award (Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Italy)

1990-1992 Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)  Postdoctoral Fellowship

UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING:

2009 Biological Invasions, University of Windsor

1997 Ecology, University of Windsor

2008 Community Ecology, University of Windsor 1997 Ecology, University of Windsor
1995  - 2004, 2011 Conservation Biology, University of Windsor
1993  - 2003 Great Lakes Field Biology, University of Windsor
1992  - 1994 Great Lakes Systems Ecology, University of Windsor
1992 Applied Ecology, University of Windsor
1990  - 1991 Animal Ecology, Erindale College, University of Toronto

GRADUATE TEACHING:

2012 Graduate Seminar
2001, 2002 Advanced Topics in Conservation Biology
1998 Ecology of Shallow Lakes
1996 Disturbance Ecology, University of Windsor
1992, 1995, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Biological Invasions, University of Windsor

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS: (*student / postdoctoral fellow; ^ = visiting scientist)

134) Zhan*, A., J.A. Darling+, D.G. Bock*, A. Lacoursière-Rousselǂ, H.J. MacIsaac*, and M.E. Cristescu*. 2012. Determinants of complex genetic patterns in closely related colonizing invasive species. Ecology and Evolution. (accepted)

133) Briski*, E., S.A. Bailey, O. Casas-Monroy, C. DiBacco, I. Kaczmarska, C. Levings, M.L. MacGillivary, C.W. McKindsey, L.E. Nasmith, M. Parenteau, G.E. Piercey, A. Rochon, S. Roy, N. Simard, M.C. Villac, A.M. Weise, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2012. Relationship between propagule pressure and colonization pressure in invasion ecology.  Proceedings of the Royal Society, B. (in press)

132) Briski*, E., S. Ghabooli*, S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac. 2012. Invasion risk posed by macroinvertebrates transported in ships’ ballast tanks. Biological Invasions. (in press)

131) Bock, D.G., C. McKindsey, H.J. MacIsaac, and M.E. Cristescu. 2012. Tracking the evolution of invasiveness: multilocus genetic analyses differentiate between widespread and spatially restricted cryptic species of Botryllus schlosseri. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B (in press).

130) Zhan*, A., P.V. Perepelizin#, S. Ghabooli*, E. Paolucci#, F. Sylvester*, P. Sardiña, M.E. Cristescu, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2012. Scale dependent post-establishment spread and genetic diversity in an invading mollusc in South America. Diversity and Distributions (in press).

129) Wang*, T.N., S.A. Bailey, D.F. Reid, T.H. Johengen, P.T. Jenkins, C.J. Wiley, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2012. Efficacy of NaCl brine for treatment of ballast water against freshwater invasions.  Journal of Great Lakes Research 38:72-77.

128) Muirhead*, J.R. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2011. Evaluation of stochastic gravity model selection for use in estimating non-indigenous species dispersal and establishment. Biological Invasions 13:2445-2458.

127) Briski*, E., S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac. 2011. Invertebrates and their dormant eggs transported in ballast sediments of ships arriving to the Canadian coasts and the Laurentian Great Lakes. Limnology and Oceanography 56:1929-1939.

126) Briski*, E., S. Ghabooli*, S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac. 2011. Assessing invasion risk across taxa and habitats: life stage as a determinant of invasion success. Diversity and Distributions 17:593-602.

125) Adebayo*, A.A., E. Briski*, O. Kalaci, M. Hernandez*, S. Ghabooli*, B. Beric, F.T. Chan*, A. Zhan*, E. Fifield, T. Leadley and H.J. MacIsaac. 2011. Water hyacinth (Echhornia crassipes) and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) in the Great Lakes: playing with fire? Aquatic Invasions 6:91-96.

124) Bailey, S.A., M.G. Deneau, L. Jean, C.J. Wiley, B. Leung, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2011. Evaluating efficacy of an environmental policy to prevent biological invasions. Environmental Science and Technology 45:2554-2561.

123) Muirhead*, J.R., M.A. Lewis and MacIsaac. 2011. Prediction and error in multi-stage models for spread of aquatic non-indigenous species. Diversity and Distributions 17:323-337.

122) Sylvester*, F. O. Kalaci*, B. Leung, T. Therriault, A. Lacoursière-Roussel, F.M. Choi, Cathryn C. Murray, M.A. Bravo and H.J. MacIsaac. 2011.  Hull fouling as an invasion vector: can simple models explain a complex problem? Journal of Applied Ecology 48:415-423.

121) Bock, D.G., A. Zhan*, H.J. MacIsaac and M.E. Cristescu. 2011. Looking at both sides of the invasion: patterns of colonization in the colonial violet tunicate Botrylloides violaceus in North America. Molecular Ecology 20:503-516.

120) MacIsaac, H.J. Lakes. 2011. In: Encyclopedia on Introduced Invasive Species. D. Simberloff and M. Rejmanek (eds), University of California Press. pp. 410-421. (invited).

119) Ricciardi, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2011. Impacts of biological invasion on freshwater ecosystems.  In: 50 Years of Invasion Ecology. D. Richardson (ed). pp. 211-224. (invited).

118) MacIsaac, H.J., R. Tedla* and A. Ricciardi. 2011. Patterns and rate of growth of studies in invasion ecology. In:  50 Years of Invasion Ecology. D. Richardson (ed.) pp. 51-60. (invited).

117) Briski*, E., M.E. Cristescu, S.A. Bailey, and H J. MacIsaac. 2011. Use of DNA barcoding to detect invertebrate invasive spedcies from diapausing eggs.Biological Invasions 13:1325-1340.

116) Lejeusne*, C., H.J. MacIsaac, T.W. Therriault, D. Bock and M.E. Cristescu. 2011. Comparative phylogeography of two colonial ascidians reveals contrasting invasion histories. Biological Invasions 13:635-650.

115) Ghabooli*, S., T.A. Shiganova, A. Zhan*, M.E. Cristescu, P. Eghtesadi-Araghi and H.J. MacIsaac. 2010.  Multiple introductions and invasion pathways for the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Eurasia. Biological Invasions 13:679-690.

114) Zhan*, A., H.J. MacIsaac and M.E. Cristescu. 2010. Invasion genetics of the Ciona intestinalis species complex: from regional endemism to global homogeneity. Molecular Ecology 19:4678-4694.

113) Briski*, E., S.A. Bailey, M.E. Cristescu and H.J. MacIsaac. 2010. Efficacy of regulations in protecting the Great Lakes from biological invasions via ships' ballast water. Biological Invasions 55:2414-2424.

112) Kipp, R., S.A. Bailey, H.J. MacIsaac and A. Ricciardi. 2010. Transoceanic ships as vectors for nonindigenous freshwater bryozoans. Diversity and Distributions 16:77-83.

111) Rup*, M., S.A. Bailey, C. Wiley, M. Minton, W. Miller, G. Ruiz and H.J. MacIsaac. 2010. Domestic ballast operations on the Great Lakes: Potential importance of Lakers as a vector for introduction and spread of nonindigenous species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67:417-426.

110) Bradie*, J.N., S.A. Bailey, G. van der Velde and H.J. MacIsaac. 2010.  Brine-induced mortality of nonindigenous species in ballast water. Marine Environmental Research 70:395-410.

109) Gray*, D. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2010. Do zooplankton eggs remain viable despite exposure to open-ocean ballast water exchange: evidence from in situ exposure experiments.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67:256-268.

108) Sylvester*, F. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2010. Is vessel hull fouling an invasion threat to the Great Lakes? Diversity and Distributions 16:132-143.

107) Kelly*, D.W., L.-M. Herborg* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2010. Biodiversity and ecosystem changes associated with Dreissena invasion of aquatic ecosystems. In: Dreissena mussels in Europe. G. Van der Velde (ed.). Chapter 20, pp. 199-210 (invited)

106) Harvey*, C.T., S.A. Quershi*, and H.J. MacIsaac. Detection of colonizing nonindigenous species. 2009. Harvey, C.T. S.A. Qureshi and H.J. MacIsaac. Diversity and Distributions 15:429-437.

105) Jacobs*, M.J. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2008. Modeling spread of the invasive macrophyte Cabomba caroliniana. 2009. Jacobs, M.J. and H.J. MacIsaac. Freshwater Biology 54:296-305.

104) Steinberg*, A., J. Esjmont-Karabin, J.R. Muirhead*, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2009. Spatial and temporal stability of rotifer communities. Hydrobiologia 624:107-114.

103) Kelly*, D.W., G. Lamberti and H.J. MacIsaac. 2008. Laurentian Great Lakes as a case study of biological invasion. Chapter 2, in ISIS Bioeconomics of Biological Invasions p. 205-225, R. Keller, M. Lewis and D. Lodge (eds).

102) Ellis*, S. and H. J. MacIsaac. 2008. Salinity tolerance of Great Lakes' invaders. Freshwater Biology 45:77-89.

101) Ricciardi, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2008. The book that began invasion ecology. Charles Elton’s 50-year-old text founded a field and is now cited more than ever. Nature 652:34.

100) Ricciardi, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. Is current ballast water exchange policy sufficient to protect the Great Lakes from ship-vectored invasions? Ecological Applications 18:1321-1323.

99) Muirhead*, J., D.K. Gray*, D.W. Kelly*, S.M. Ellis*, D.D. Heath and H.J. MacIsaac. 2008. Tracking biological invasions: use and limitations of mitochondrial and chloroplast DNA markers.  Molecular Ecology 17:431-449.

98) Herborg*, L.-M., N.E. Mandrak, B.C. Cudmore & H.J. MacIsaac. 2007. Comparative distribution and invasion risk of snakehead (Channidae) and Asian carp (Cyprinidae) species in North America. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:1723-1735.

97) Gray*, D.K., T. Johengen, D.F. Reid and H.J. MacIsaac. 2007. Efficacy of open-ocean ballast water exchange as a means of preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports. Limnology and Oceanography 52:2386-2397.

96) Kelly*, D.W., L.-M. Herborg* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2008. Biodiversity and ecosystem changes associated with Dreissena invasion of aquatic ecosystems. In: Dreissena mussels in Europe. G. Van der Velde (ed.). (invited; in press)

95) Herborg* L.-M., D.A. Rudnick, Y. Siliang, D.M. Lodge, and H.J.  MacIsaac. 2007. Prediction of introduced Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) distribution in Europe. Conservation Biology 21:1316-1323.

94) Steinberg*, A.J., C.S. Sereres, M. Burrows & H.J. MacIsaac. 2007. Temporal pattern of government funding for nonindigenous species research in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 33:136-142.

93) Jacobs*, M.J. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2007. Fouling of fishing line by the waterflea Cercopagis pengoi: a mechanism of dispersal? Hydrobiologia 583:119-126.

92) Herborg*, L.-M., C.L. Jerde, D.M. Lodge, G. Ruiz and H.J. MacIsaac. 2007. Predicting invasion risk using measures of introduction effort and environmental niche models. Ecological Applications 17: 663-674.

91) MacIsaac, H.J., L.-M. Herborg* and J.R. Muirhead*. 2007. Modeling biological invasions of lakes. In: Freshwater bioinvaders: profiles, distribution and threats. Edited by F. Gherardi. Chapter 18, pages 347-368.

90) Holeck, K.T., E.L. Mills, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2007. Globalization, biological invasions, and ecosystem changes in North America’s Great Lakes. In: Globalization: Effects on fisheries resources. Ed.: W. Taylor, M.G. Schechter, L.G. Wolfson. Chapter 6, pages 156-182.

89) Bailey*, S.A., I.C. Duggan*, N. Kanavillil* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2007. Sediments and ships: natural biota as biological contaminants.  Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Sediment Quality Assessment, Antwerp Belgium. (invited; accepted).

88) Bailey*, S.A. , D.W. Kelly*, D.K. Gray*, N. Kanavillil*, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2008. Nonindigenous species in Lake Erie: a chronicle of established and projected aquatic invaders. In: Checking the Pulse of Lake Erie.  M. Munawar (ed.).pp. 579-603. (invited).

87) Duggan*, I.C., S.A. Bailey*, C. van Overdijk* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Invasion risk of active and diapausing invertebrates from residual ballast in ships entering Chesapeake Bay. Marine Ecology Progress Series 324:57-66.

86) Lodge, D.M. , S. Williams, H. MacIsaac, K. Hayes, B. Leung, L. Loope, S. Reichard, R. Mack, P.B. Moyle, M. Smith, D.A. Andow, J.T. Carlton, and A. McMichael.  2006. Biological invasions: recommendations for policy and management. Ecological Applications 16:2035-2054.

85) Van der Velde, G., S. Rajagopal, M. Kuyper-Kollenaar, A. bij de Vaate, D.W. Thieltges and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Biological invasions – concepts to understand and predict a global threat. pp. 61-90. In: R. Bobbink, B. Beltman, J.T.A. Verhoeven and D.F. Whigham (eds.) Wetlands as a natural resource. Volume 2.  Wetlands: functioning, biodiversity, conservation and restoration. Ecological Studies, Springer Verlag. (invited)

84) Kelly*, D.W., J. Muirhead*, D.D. Heath and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Contrasting patterns in genetic diversity following multiple invasions of fresh and brackish waters. Molecular Ecology 15:3641-3653.

83) Muirhead*, J. Ejsmont-Karabin, H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Predicting rotifer species richness in lakes. Freshwater Biology 51:1696-1709.

82) Kelly*, D.W., H.M. MacIsaac, and D.D. Heath. 2006. Phylogeographic structure of a widespread amphipod on the eastern seaboard of North America: vicariance and dispersal effects. Evolution 60:257-267.

81) Colautti*, R., I. Grigorovich* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Propagule pressure: A null model for biological invasions. Biological Invasions 8:1023-1037.

80) Gray*, D.K., I.C. Duggan* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Can sodium hypochlorite reduce the risk of species introductions from diapausing invertebrate eggs in non-ballasted ships? Marine Pollution Bulletin 52:689-695.

79) Colautti*, R.I., S.A. Bailey*, C. van Overdijk*, K. Amundsen and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Characterized and projected costs of nonindigenous species in Canada. Biological Invasions 8:45-59.

78) Duggan*, I.C., C.A.M. Rixon* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Popularity and propagule pressure: determinants of introduction and establishment of aquarium fish. Biological Invasions 8:377-382.

77) Bailey*, S.A., N. Kanavillil* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2006. Salt water flushing to reduce diapausing egg viability: interactive effects of temperature and salinity. Diversity and Distributions 12:328-335.

76) Wonham*, M.J., M.A. Lewis, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Minimizing invasion risk by reducing propagule pressure: application to ballast-water exchange. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 9:473-478.

75) Wonham*, M.J., S.A. Bailey*, H.J. MacIsaac and M.A. Lewis. 2005. Modeling the invasion risk of diapause organisms transported in ballast sediments. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:2463-2474.

74) Rixon*, C.A.M., I.C. Duggan*, N.M.N. Bergeron*, A. Ricciardi and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Invasion risks posed by the aquarium trade and live fish markets on the Laurentian Great Lakes. Biodiversity and Conservation 14:1365-1381.

73) Muirhead*, J., B. Leung, C. van Overdijk*, D.W. Kelly*, N. Kanavillil*, K. Marchant and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Modeling local and long-distance dispersal of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera) in North America. Diversity and Distributions 12:71-79.

72) Bailey*, S.A., K. Nandakumar*, I.C. Duggan*, C.D.A. van Overdijk*, T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. In situ hatching of invertebrate diapausing eggs from ships’ ballast sediment.  Diversity and Distributions 11:453-460.

71) Duggan*, I.C., C.D.A. van Overdijk*, S.A. Bailey*, P.T. Jenkins, H. Limén* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Invertebrates associated with residual ballast water and sediments of cargo carrying ships entering the Great Lakes.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62:2463-2474.

70) Colautti*, R.I., J. Muirhead*, R. Biswas and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Realized versus apparent enemy release in the European starling. Biological Invasions 7:723-732.

69) Limen*, H., C.D.A. van Overdijk*, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Food partitioning between the amphipods Echinogammarus ischnus, Gammarus fasciatus and Hyalella azteca as revealed by stable isotopes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 31:97-104. 

68) Therriault*, T.W., M.I. Orlova^, M.F. Docker, H.J. MacIsaac and D.D. Heath. 2005. Invasion dynamics of a freshwater mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in Eastern Europe as revealed by microsatellite analyses. Heredity 95:16-23.

67) Colautti*, R.I., M. Manca, M. Viljanen, H.A.M. Ketelaars, H. Bürgi, H.J. MacIsaac and D.D. Heath. 2005. Invasion genetics of the Eurasian spiny waterflea Bythotrephes: Evidence for bottlenecks and gene flow using microsatellite data. Molecular Ecology 14:869-879.

66) Bailey*, S., D. Reid, H.J. MacIsaac., T.W. Therriault*, and R. Colautti*. 2005. Management of aquatic nuisance species in the Great Lakes. The Toledo Journal of Great Lakes' Law, Science & Policy. 5:101-112.

65) Gray*, D.K., I.C. Duggan*, S.A. Bailey*, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Can partial ballast exchange reduce the viability of diapausing eggs in the ballast tanks of ships? Biological Invasions 7:531-539.

64) Muirhead*, J.R. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Development of lakes as hubs in an invasion network. Journal of Applied Ecology 42:80-90.

63) Bailey*, S., I.C. Duggan*, P.T. Jenkins and H.J. MacIsaac. 2005. Invertebrate resting stages in residual ballast sediment of transoceanic ships. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  62:1090-1203.

62) Orlova^, M.I., Muirhead, J., P.I. Antonov, G. Kh. Shcherbina, Ya.I. Starobogatov, G.I.  Biochino, T.W. Therriault* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. Range expansion of quagga mussels Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in the Volga River and Caspian Sea basin. Aquatic Ecology 38:561-578.

61) Holeck, K., E.L. Mills, H.J. MacIsaac, M. Dochoda, R.I. Colautti*, A. Ricciardi. 2004. Bridging Troubled Waters: Biological invasions, transoceanic shipping, and the Laurentian Great Lakes. Bioscience 54:919-929.

60) MacIsaac, H.J., J.V.M. Borbely*, J.R. Muirhead* and P. Graniero. 2004. Backcasting and forecasting biological invasions of inland lakes.  Ecological Applications 14:773-783.

59) Colautti*, R.I. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. A neutral terminology for defining invasive species. Diversity and Distributions 10:135-141.

58) Nicholls, K. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. Euryhaline, sand-dwelling, testate rhizopods in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 30:123-132.

57) Cristescu, M., J. Witt, I. Grigorovich*, P.D.N. Hebert and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. Dispersal of the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Echinogammarus ischnus: Invasion waves from the Pleistocene to the present. Heredity 92:197-203.

56) Bailey*, S.A., I.C. Duggan*, C. van Overdijk*, T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. Salinity tolerance of diapausing eggs of freshwater zooplankton.  Freshwater Biology 49:286-295. 

55) Therriault*, T.W., M. Docker, M.I. Orlova^,  D. Heath and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. Molecular resolution of Dreissenidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) including the first report of Mytilopsis leucophaeta in the Black Sea basin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30:479-489.

54) Colautti*, R.I., A. Ricciardi, I.A. Grigorovich*, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2004. Does enemy release predict invasion success? Ecology Letters 7:721-733.

53) Laxson, C.L., K.N. McPhedran*, J.C. Makarewicz, I.V. Telesh and H. J. MacIsaac. 2003. Effects of the invasive cladoceran Cercopagis on the lower food web of Lake Ontario.  Freshwater Biology 48: 2094-2106.

52) Grigorovich*, I.A., R. Colautti*, K. Holeck, E.L. Mills, A. Ballert, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2003. Ballast-mediated animal introductions in the Laurentian Great Lakes: retrospective and prospective analyses. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60:740-756.

51) Bailey*, S.A., C.D.A. van Overdijk*, P. Jenkins, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2003. Viability of invertebrate resting stages collected from residual ballast sediment of transoceanic vessels. Limnology and Oceanography 48:1701-1710.

50) Grigorovich*, I.A., T.W. Therriault* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2003. History of aquatic invertebrate invasions in the Caspian Sea. Biological Invasions 5:103-115.

49) Grigorovich*, I.A., R.I. Colautti*, D. Gray*, I.C. Duggan*, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2003.  Lake Superior: an invasion coldspot? Hydrobiologia 499:199-210.

48) van Overdijk*, C.D.A., I.A. Grigorovich*, T. Mabee*, W. Ray, J.J.H. Ciborowski and H.J. MacIsaac. 2003. Microhabitat selection by the amphipods Echinogammarus ischnus and Gammarus fasciatus in laboratory and field experiments: displacement patterns and mechanisms. Freshwater Biology 48:567-578.

47) Duggan*, I.C., S.A. Bailey*, R.I. Colautti*, D.K. Gray*, J.C. Makarewicz, and HJ. MacIsaac. 2003. Biological invasions in Lake Ontario: past, present and future. In : M. Munawar: State of Lake Ontario: Past, present and future. Backhuys Publishing, Netherlands. pp. 541-558. (invited)

46) Colautti*, R., A. Niimi, van Overdijk*, C.D.A., E.L. Mills, K. Holeck, and H.J. MacIsaac.  2003. Spatial and temporal analysis of shipping vectors to the Great Lakes. In: Invasive Species. Pathways, vectors and risk assessment.  Global Invasive Species Program, edited by G. Ruiz and J.T. Carlton. pp. 227-246. (invited)

45) Austen, M.J.W., J.J.H. Ciborowski, L.D. Corkum, T.B. Johnson, H.J. MacIsaac, J.L. Metcalfe-Smith, D.W. Schloesser and S.E. George. 2002. Impacts of nonindigenous aquatic invasive species on the Lake Erie ecosystem. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Aquatic Invasive Species Conference.  Pp. 117-131.

44) Grigorovich*, I.A., H.J. MacIsaac, N.V. Shadrin and E.L. Mills. 2002. History of nonindigenous aquatic invertebrate introductions in the Ponto-Caspian region. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59:1189-1208.

43) Therriault*, T.W., I.A. Grigorovich*, D. Kane, E. Haas, D. Culver and H.J. MacIsaac. 2002. Range expansion of the exotic zooplankter Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov) into western Lake Erie and Muskegon Lake.  Journal of Great Lakes Research 28:698-701.

42) MacIsaac, H.J., T.C. Robbins and M.A. Lewis. 2002. Modeling ships’ ballast water as invasion threats to the Great Lakes.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59:1245-1256.

41) Berg, D.J., D.W. Garton, H.J. MacIsaac, V. Panov and I. Telesh^. 2002. Identification of a source and erosion of founder effects in an exotic species. Freshwater Biology 47:275-282.

40) Therriault*, T.W., I.A. Grigorovich*, M.E. Cristescu, H.A.M. Ketelaars, M. Viljanen, D.D. Heath, and H.J. MacIsaac. 2001. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Bythotrephes Leydig using molecular markers and re-evaluation of its global distribution.  Diversity and Distributions 8:67-84.

39) MacIsaac, H.J., I.A. Grigorovich* and A. Ricciardi. 2001. Reassessment of species invasions concepts: the Great Lakes basin as an example. Biological Invasions 3: 405-416.

38) Grigorovich*, I.A., Dovgal, I.V. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2001. Acineta nitocrae: A new suctorian epizoic on Nitocra hibernica from Lake Erie. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 152: 161-176.

37) Cristescu, M., J. Witt, P. Hebert, I.A. Grigorovich*, H.J. MacIsaac. 2001. An invasion history for Cercopagis pengoi based on mitochondrial gene sequences. Limnology and Oceanography 46: 224-229.

36) Makarewicz, J., I. Grigorovich*, E. Mills, E. Damaske, M. Cristescu, W. Pearsall, M. LaVoie, R. Keats, L. Rudstam, P. Hebert, H. Halbritter, T. Kelly, C. Matkovich* and H.J. MacIsaac. 2001. Distribution and population characteristics of Cercopagis pengoi in Lake Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research 27:19-32.

35) Ricciardi, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2000. Recent mass invasion of the North American Great Lakes by Ponto-Caspian species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 15:62-65.

34) Bially*, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. 2000. Fouling mussels (Dreissena) colonize soft sediments in Lake Erie and facilitate benthic invertebrates. Freshwater Biology 43: 85-98.

33) MacIsaac, H.J., H.A.M. Ketelaars, I.A. Grigorovich*, C. Ramcharan and N.D. Yan. 2000. Modeling Bythotrephes longimanus invasions in the Great Lakes basin based on its European distribution. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 149:1-21.

32) Grigorovich*, I.A., H.J. MacIsaac, I.K. Rivier, N.V. Aladin and V.E. Panov. 2000. Comparative biology of the Ponto-Caspian cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi from Lake Ontario, Baltic Sea and Caspian Lake.  Archiv für Hydrobiologie 149:23-50.

31) Grigorovich*, I.A., Korniushin, A.V., and H.J. MacIsaac. 2000.  Moitessier’s pea clam Pisidium  moitessierianum  (Bivalvia, Sphaeriidae) in the Great Lakes: A cryptogenic species. Hydrobiologia 435:153-165.  

30) MacIsaac, H.J., I.A. Grigorovich*, J. Hoyle, N.D. Yan and V. Panov. 1999. Invasion of Lake Ontario by the Ponto-Caspian predatory cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 56:1-5.

29) MacIsaac, H.J., O.E. Johannsson, J. Ye, W.G. Sprules, J.H. Leach, J.A. McCorquodale, and I.A. Grigorovich*. 1999. Filtering effects of introduced bivalve (Dreissena polymorpha) in a shallow lake: application of a hydrodynamic model.  Ecosystems 2:338-350.

 28) Grigorovich*, I.A. and H.J. MacIsaac. 1999. First record of the European amphipod Corophium mucronatum Sars (Amphipoda: Corophiidae) in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25:401-405.

27) MacIsaac, H.J. 1999. Biological invasions in Lake Erie: past, present, and future. In: The State of Lake Erie: past, present and future. M. Munawar (ed.) p. 305-322.  (invited)

26) Roe*, S. and H.J. MacIsaac. 1998. Temporal variation of organochlorine contaminants in the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha in Lake Erie. Aquatic Toxicology  41:125-140.

25) Coulas*, R., H.J. MacIsaac and W. Dunlop. 1998. Selective predation by lake herring (Coregonus artedi) on exotic zooplankton (Bythotrephes cederstroemi) in Harp Lake, Ontario. Freshwater Biology 40:343-356.

24) Mazak*, E.J., H.J. MacIsaac, M.R. Servos, and R. Hesslein. 1997. Influence of feeding habits on organochlorine contaminant accumulation in Great Lakes waterfowl. Ecological Applications 7:1133-1143.

23) Roe*, S. and H.J. MacIsaac. 1997. Deep-water population structure and reproductive state of quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) in Lake Erie.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54:2428-2433.

22) Lozon*, J. and H.J. MacIsaac. 1997. Biological Invasions: are they dependent on disturbance? Environmental Reviews 5:131-144. (invited)

21) MacIsaac, H.J. 1996. Population structure of an introduced species (Dreissena polymorpha) along a wave-swept disturbance gradient. Oecologia 105:484-492.

20 ) MacIsaac, H.J. 1996. Potential abiotic and biotic impacts of zebra mussels on the inland waters of North America. American Zoologist 36:287-299. (invited)

19) MacIsaac, H.J., C. Lonnee* and J.H. Leach. 1995. Suppression of microzooplankton by zebra mussels: importance of mussel size. Freshwater Biology 34:379-387.

18) MacIsaac, H.J. and R. Rocha*. 1995. Effects of suspended clay on zebra mussel feces and pseudofeces production. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 135:53-64.

17) Havas, M., D.G. Woodfine, P. Lutz, K. Yung, H.J. MacIsaac and T.C. Hutchinson. 1995. Biological recovery of two previously acidified, metal-contaminated lakes near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 85:791-796.

16) MacIsaac, H.J. 1994. Size selective predation on zebra mussels by crayfish.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society 13:206-216.

15) MacIsaac, H.J. 1994. Comparative growth and survival of Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis, exotic molluscs introduced to the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 20:783-790.

14) Bunt*, C., H.J. MacIsaac and W.G. Sprules. 1993. Pumping rates and projected filtering impacts of juvenile zebra mussels in western Lake Erie. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 50:1017-1022.

13) Sprules, W.G., B. Bergström, H. Cyr, B. Hargreaves, S. Kilham, H.J. MacIsaac, R. Stemberger and R. Williams. 1992. Optical instruments for studying zooplankton distribution and abundance. Archiv für Hydrobiologie (Suppl.) 36:45-58.

12) MacIsaac, H.J., W.G. Sprules, O.E. Johannsson and J.H. Leach. 1992. Filtering impacts of larval and sessile zebra mussels in western Lake Erie. Oecologia 92:30-39.

11) MacIsaac, H.J., W.G. Sprules, and J.H. Leach. 1991. Ingestion of small-bodied zooplankton by zebra mussels: Can cannibalism on larvae influence adult population dynamics? Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48:2051-2060.

10) MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert. 1991. Discrimination between exploitative and interference competition between Keratella cochlearis and Cladocera. Ecology 72:924-937.

9) MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert. 1991. Competition between Keratella cochlearis and Daphnia ambigua: effects of temporal patterns of food availability. Freshwater Biology 25:189-198.

8) Yan, N.D., W. Keller, H.J. MacIsaac and L.J. MacEachern. 1991. Control of the plankton community structure of an acidic, mesotrophic lake by the invertebrate predator, Chaoborus. Ecological Applications 1:52-65.

7) MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert.  1990. Does exploitative or interference competition from Daphnia limit the abundance of Keratella in Loch Leven? A reassessment of May and Jones (1989). Journal of Plankton Research 12:1315-1322.

6) MacIsaac, H.J. and J.J. Gilbert. 1989. Competition between rotifers and cladocerans of different body sizes. Oecologia 81:295-301.

5) Gilbert, J.J. and H.J. MacIsaac. 1989. The susceptibility of Keratella cochlearis to interference by small cladocerans. Freshwater Biology 22:333-339.

4) MacIsaac, H.J., T.C. Hutchinson and W. Keller. 1987.  Analysis of planktonic rotifer assemblages from Sudbury, Ontario, area lakes of varying chemical composition.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44:1692-1701.

3) MacIsaac, H.J., W. Keller, T. Hutchinson and N. Yan. 1986.  Natural changes in the planktonic Rotifera of a small, acid lake located near Sudbury, Ontario, following improvements in water chemistry. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 31:791-797.

2) MacIsaac, H.J. and T. Hutchinson. 1985.  The influence of benthic tundra pond vegetation and prey behaviour on zooplankton predation by the flatworm Mesostoma lingua.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 63:1617-1621.

1) MacIsaac, H.J., P.D.N. Hebert and S.S. Schwartz. 1985. Inter- and intraspecific variation in the acute thermal tolerance of Daphnia.  Physiological Zoology 58:350-355.

INVITED BOOK REVIEWS & OTHER PUBLICATIONS (*student/postdoc)

Carlton, J.T. G.M. Ruiz, J.E. Byers, A. Cangelosi, F.C. Dobbs, E.D. Grosholz, B. Leung, H.J. MacIsaac, M.J. Wonham. 2011. Assessing the relationship between propagule pressure and invasion risk in ballast water. National Research Council (USA), Water Science and Technology Board, U.S. National Academies. 123pp. ISBN-10: 0-309-21562-5

Schubel, J.R., R.M. Anderson, S.W. Fuller, T.D. Heaver, G.J.D. Hewings, P.T. Jenkins, H.J. MacIsaac, S.W. Popper, F.H. Quinn, T.D. Waite, M.G. Wolman, J.B. Zedler, and A.P. Zimmerman. 2008. Great Lakes Shipping, Trade, and Aquatic Invasive Species. National Research Council (USA). Transportation Research Board, U.S. National Academies, Special Report 291. 222 pp. ISBN-10: 0-309-11313-X

MacIsaac, H.J. 2005. Tracking Aquatic Invasive Species. Case Study 9.2. In: Principles of Conservation Biology. Third Edition.  Edited by M.J. Groom, G.K. Meffe and C.R. Carroll. Sinauer, Sunderland, MA. pp. 323-325.

MacIsaac, H.J. Nov. 8, 2002. Commentary on paper by Kolar, C.S. & Lodge, D.M. Ecological predictions and risk assessment for alien fishes in North America. Science 298:1233 - 1236, (2002).   Nature. Available on-line at:  http://www.nature.com/nsu/021104/021104-14.html

MacIsaac, H.J., S. Bailey*, R. Colautti*, C. van Overdijk*, and K. Amundsen. May 2002. Economic impact of invasive nonindigenous species in Canada: a case study approach. 185 p. Submitted to the Office of the Auditor-General of Canada. 

Reid, D., H.J. MacIsaac, M. Dochoda, J. Gannon, M. Burrows and J. Hartig.  2002.  Research and Management Priorities for Invasive Species in the Great Lakes.  Prepared for: International Association of Great Lakes Researchers.  May 2002. 17 pp. (available online at: http://www.iaglr.org)

MacIsaac, H.J.  2001. Review of proposal by D.C. Schmitz and D. Simberloff  ‘Needed: a National Center for Biological Invasions’.  In: Issues in Science and Technology. (available online at: http://www.nap.edu/issues/18.1)

MacIsaac, H.J. and I. Grigorovich*. 1999. Editorial. Ponto-Caspian invaders in the Great Lakes. Journal of Great Lakes Research 25:1-2. 

MacIsaac, H.J. 1994. Review of: Practical Manual for Zebra Mussel Monitoring and Control, by R. Claudi and G.L. Mackie.  1994. Lewis Publishers, Boca Raton, Florida.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society 13:411-412.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS (2001-2012; * student/pdf)

February 2012:  National Invasive Species Forum, Ottawa, ON.  Topic: NSERC Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network II. 

February 2012: U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Sustainability Linkages in the Federal Government: Opportunities and Challenges to the Great Lakes as a Coastal System. Seattle, WA. Topic: Great Lakes Stressors.

November 2011: Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Topic: Detecting rare species: application to alien, invasive species in aquatic environments.

November 2011: 2nd World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Topic: Management of vectors to prevent biological invasions: successes, transitions and failures in the Great Lakes of North America. (Keynote).

November 2011: U.S. Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C.  Topic: NSERC Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network II.  Network approaches to studying alien invasive species. 

October 2011: Responding to Invasive Species, Invasive Plant Council of B.C., conference, Vancouver, B.C., Topic: Aquatic invasions and pathways. 

July 2011: Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sardinia, Italy. Topic: Models and approaches to predict invasions of the Great Lakes and inland lakes. 

July 2011: Instituto Italiano di Idrobiologia, Pallanza, Italy.  Topic:  History and management of species invasions in the Laurentian Great Lakes. 

April 2011: Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel, Quebec City, Quebec. Topic: Network approaches to studying aquatic invasive species in Canada.

April 2011: Intelligent Community Forum, Windsor, Ontario. Topic: Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network.

February 2011: International Council for the Sea – International Maritime Organization – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Working Group on Ballast and Other Ship Vectors, Nantes, France. Models to predict invasion risk via ships’ hull fouling. H.J. MacIsaac, F. Sylvester* and O. Kalaci*.

February 2011: International Council for the Sea – International Maritime Organization – Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, Working Group on Introductions and Transfers of Marine Organisms, Nantes, France. Topic 1: Network approaches to studying aquatic invasive species in Canada. Topic 2: Early detection and identification of aquatic invasive species using molecular techniques. H.J. MacIsaac and A. Zhan*. (Keynote).

January 2011: Society of Canadian Limnologists, Toronto. Topic: Spread and management of biological invasions in the Great Lakes and inland lakes. (Keynote).

November 2010: Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers, St. John’s Newfoundland. Topic: Invasive Species as a Management Concern in Canada.

October 2010: 6th Annual Hwy H2O Conference, Toronto, ON. Topic: Management of invasion vectors in the Laurentian Great Lakes.

May 2010: Bay Area Restoration Council, Hamilton, ON. Management of invasion vectors in the Great Lakes.

October 2009: International Congress on Biological Invasions, Fuzhou, China. and management of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes. (Keynote)

June 2009: Environment Canada, Ottawa, ON. Topic: Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network.

August 2008: Ecological Society of America, Milaukee, Wisconsin. Topic: Growth of invasion biology in aquatic ecosystems. (with R. Tedla*).

June 2008: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, St. John’s Newfoundland. Symposium: Aquatic Invasive Species: Understanding invaders to prevent new introductions. Topic 1: Effects of life history and propagule pressure on spread of aquatic invasive species. (with J. Muirhead*); Topic 2: Advances in Invasion Ecology since Charles Elton. (fill-in plenary speaker).

May 2008: International Association for Great Lakes Researchers, Peterborough, ON. Symposium: 20 years of zebra mussels in North America. Topic: Developments in invasion ecology. (with R. Tedla*)

November 2007: Science City, Windsor, ON. Topic: Canada’s first educational exhibit on Aquatic Invasive Species

November, 2007: Latornell Conservation Symposium, Alliston, ON. Topic: Update on Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network projects in the Great Lakes region. 

September 2007: U.S. Coast Guard Ballast Water meeting, Chicago, IL. Topic: Can open ocean ballast water exchange prevent invasions between freshwater ports? (with D. Gray, T. Johengen and D. Reid).

August 2007: Ecological Society of America, Ecological and economic theory in analyzing risk in biological invasions Symposium. Topic: Predicting lake vulnerability to species invasion using a hierarchical approach. (with J. Muirhead)

April 2007: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources Research Symposium, Orilla, ON. Topic: The spread and threat to biodiversity of aquatic invasive species in Ontario's lakes.

Feb 2007:  University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Biology Department. Topic: Modeling species invasions.

Feb. 2007: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Great Lakes Institute. Topic: Biological invasions, ships, and the Great Lakes

October 2006: McGill University, Montreal. Topic: Modeling biological invasions.

May 2006:US National Academy of Sciences, Transportation Research Board Meeting, Washington, D.C. Topic: Does open-ocean ballast exchange work?

March 2006: Foundation for American Communication, The not-so-Great Lakes: myths, truths, and the future of our water supply. University of Windsor, Windsor, ON. Topic: Biological invasions threaten the integrity of the Great Lakes. 

January 2006: International Invasive Species Workshop, Halifax, NS. Topic: Progress in predicting occurrence of invasive species: models and the Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network. 

November 2005: Coastal Zone Climate Change and Adaptation Symposium, Toronto, ON. Topic: Non-native species in the coastal Great Lakes, a challenge for the future.

November 2005: McIlwraith Field Naturalists Club, London, ON.  Topic: The spread and threat to biodiversity of aquatic invasive species in Ontario's lakes. 

May 2005: U.S. Coast Guard Workshop on NOBOB vessels, Cleveland, OH.  Topic: Invertebrate animals and resting stages in NOBOB ships. (with S. Bailey*, I. Duggan* and C. van Overdijk).

May 2005: International Workshop on Biological Invasions of Inland Waters, Florence, Italy. Topic: Predicting biological invasions. (invited panelist)

April 2005: Department of Biology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Topic: Vector-based models for predicting invasion risk in lakes

March 2005, Invaders of the Great Lakes: Options for Prevention and Management. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Topic: Invasion history, risks and consequences in the Great Lakes Region.  An overview.

Januarty 2005: Society of Canadian Limnologists Annual Meeting, Windsor, Ontario: Topic: Canadian National Aquatic Invasive Species Network: an overview

November 2004, Lake Superior Binational Committee, Thunder Bay, Ontario: Topic: Invasive Species in Lake Superior: An overview.

November 2004: Invasive Species Conference, York University, Toronto, ON. Topic: Predicting biological invasions and the economic cost of invasive species in Canada

October 2004: Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. Topic: What can invasions of inland lakes contribute to invasion theory?

September 2004: International Joint Commission, Research Steering Committee, Windsor, Ontario. Topic: Biological Invasions in the Great Lakes: mechanisms of introduction, resource management options, and control possibilities

August 2004: 6th International Symposium on Sediment Quality Assessment, Antwerp, Belgium; Topic: Sediments and Ships: natural biota as biological contaminants (with S.A. Bailey*, I.C. Duggan*, N. Kanavillil*)(Keynote) 

May 2004: Breakfast with Eggheads, Ottawa, ON; Topic: Invasive species in Canada: coming soon to a lake near you. 

May 2004: Great Lakes Sustainability Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. Topic: In situ assessment of NOBOB ships as a vector of invasive species to the Great Lakes (with S. Bailey*, C. van Overdijk*, I. Duggan*, N. Kumar*, D. Reid, T. Johengen). 

May 2004: Baltic Sea – Great Lakes Species Invasion Workshop, Ann Arbor, MI. Topic 1: History of biological invasions in the Great Lakes. Topic 2: NOBOB ships as invasive species vectors (S. Bailey*, H. MacIsaac, C. van Overdijk*, I. Duggan*, N. Kumar*, D. Reid, T. Johengen) 

May 2004: Presentation to Michigan House of Representatives members, Ann Arbor, MI. Topic: Biology of ballast water.

February 2004: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Topic 1: Invasion kinetics of spiny waterflea dispersal in Ontario. Topic 2: Biological Invasion in the Great Lakes

Nov. 2003: Department of Fisheries and Oceans National Science Workshop, St. John's, NFLD;  Topic 1:  Biological invasions in the Great Lakes: past, present and future; Topic 2: Invasive Species Network

Oct. 2003: Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY;  Topic:  Invasive species: Coming soon to a lake near you

Oct. 2003: Great Lakes Regional Waterways Management Forum, Sarnia, ON. Topic:  Great Lakes NOBOB ship study update

Oct. 2003: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY. Topic:  Invasive species: Coming soon to a lake near you

Sept. 2003: International Joint Commission, Ann Arbor, MI: Topic:  Shipping pathway for species introduction in the Great Lakes.

Sept. 2003: Great Lakes Fishery Commission Meeting, Chicago, IL. Topic: Ballast water vectors of invasive species introduction. 

July 2003: Network for Environmental Assessment and Remediation, Geneva, Switzerland. Topic: Predicting biological invasions using studies of human-mediated dispersal vectors (keynote address)

June 2003, Global threats to large lakes symposium, IAGLR Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, IL.. Topic: Invasive Species: Great Lakes and international perspectives and policy needs. 

June 2003, Society of Environmental Journalists, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Topic: Current issues of aquatic invasive species in the Great Lakes.

June 2003, Ontario Association of Anglers and Hunters, 12th International Aquatic Invasive Species Conference,  Windsor, ON; Topic: Ecological Aspects of fishhook waterfleas in Lake Erie.

May 2003, Morris Katz Memorial Lectureship in Environmental Research, York University, Toronto, ON. Topic: Predicting biological invasions in the Great Lakes and inland lakes in Ontario.

May 2003, Lake Erie at the Millennium (2003), University of Windsor, Windsor, ON. Topic:  Is the Huron-Erie corridor an invasion ‘hotspot’? (R.I. Colautti*, I.A. Grigorovich*, S.A. Bailey*, I.C. Duggan* and H.J. MacIsaac).

March 2003, State of Lake Ontario Conference, Niagara Falls, ON. Topic: Recent invasive species in the Lake Ontario ecosystem – invasive species, food web disruption, impact on fisheries. 

February 2003: Zoology Department, University of Toronto (sponsored by the Great Lakes Research Consortium Seminar Series), Toronto, ON; Topic: Tracking Species Introductions in North American and Eurasian Freshwaters.

February 2003: Canadian Council of Fisheries and Aquaculture Ministers, Aquatic Invasive Species Task Group, Mississauga, ON. Topic: Nonindigenous species in Canada’s Aquatic Ecosystems: Where do we go from here?

January 2003: Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research and Society of Canadian Limnologists, Ottawa, ON. Topic: Retrospective analyses of nonindigenous species in Canada’s aquatic ecosystems: a century of disaster. (plenary)

June 2002: Environment Canada’s Invasive Study and Great Lakes Binational Executive Committee Meeting, Toronto, ON. Topic: Retrospective and prospective analyses of invasions in the Great Lakes

June 2002: Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Chicago, IL. Topic: Retrospective and prospective analyses of invasions in the Great Lakes: More to come? 

June 2002:  International Association for Great Lakes Research, Winnipeg, ON. Topic: Ponto-Caspian species and possible invasion vectors to the Great Lakes.  (S. Bailey* and H.J. MacIsaac)

June 2002: United Nations University conference, Hamilton, ON. Topic: Shipping vectors for nonindigenous species introductions to the Great Lakes.  (S. Bailey* and H.J. MacIsaac).

May 2002: Superior: State of the Lake Conference, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Topic: Transoceanic shipping patterns in Lake Superior: A ballast 'hot spot' without invaders. (R.I. Colautti*, I.A. Grigorovich*, I.C. Duggan* and H.J. MacIsaac).

April 2002: Environmental Risk Assessment Conference, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH. Topic: Modelling species invasions. (keynote speaker)

February 2002: Zoology Department, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON. Topic: Global and Great Lakes perspectives on introduced species. 

November 2001: North American Lake Management Society, Madison, WI. Topic: Invasion of nonindigenous species into the Great Lakes: patterns and mechanisms. (key session speaker)

November 2001: National Workshop on Invasive Alien Species, Ottawa, ON. Topic:  Species invasions in the Great Lakes: Charting a path to progress. 

November 2001: Featured Speaker, Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario, Toronto, ON. Topic: Global and Great Lakes perspectives on introduced species as an agent of environmental change. 

September 2001: International Joint Commission Public Forum on Great Lakes—St. Lawrence Water Quality, Montreal, QC. Topic: How bad is the alien invasive species problem in the Great Lakes?

August 2001: Plenary Speaker. USA – Russia Invasive Species Workshop, Borok, Russia. Topic: Vectors, patterns and processes for introducing aquatic invaders: the Ponto-Caspian connection. (H. MacIsaac and D. Reid). 

August 2001: Plenary Speaker. USA – Russia Invasive Species Workshop, Borok, Russia. Topic: Assessment of transoceanic vessels as vectors for nonindigenous species introductions to the Great Lakes.  (D. Reid and H. MacIsaac).

August 2001: USA – Russia Invasive Species Workshop, Borok, Russia. Topic: Patterns and mechanisms of invertebrate introductions in the Ponto-Caspian region.  (I.A. Grigorovich* and H. MacIsaac).

August 2001: American Fisheries Society Conference, Phoenix, AZ. Topic:  Non-indigenous species invasion vectors in the Great Lakes basin.

June 2001: Canada-USA Inter-university Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Topic: Management of aquatic nuisance species in a changing environment.

March 2001: Lake Erie in the Millennium Conference, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON.  Topic: Invertebrate invasions in Lake Erie: recent developments and prognostications.

February 2001: Biology Department, York University, Toronto, ON. Topic: Vectors and patterns of aquatic species invasions in the Great Lakes basin.

February 2001: Global Change Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON. Topic: Invasive Species in the Great Lakes basin.

February 2001: Invasive Species Seminar Series, Zoology Department, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Topic: Invasion corridors to the Great Lakes.

CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS (2001-2012; * student/pdf)

November 2011: 2nd World Conference on Biological Invasions and Ecosystem Functioning, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Topic 1: The effect of anti-fouling paints on marine hull fouling on transoceanic commercial vessels. F. Sylvester*, J. Bradie, and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 2: Alien predator species: are negative ecological interactions more common than positive ones? E. Paolucci*, A. Ricciardi, and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 3: Morphological variation and genetic structure in the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei across South America. E. Paolucci*, P. Sardina, F. Sylvester, P. Perepelizin, A. Zhan*, S. Ghabooli*, M. Cristescu, and H.J. MacIsaac.
137-138) August 2011, 7th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Barcelona, Spain. Topic 1:  Ship hull fouling as a vector of introduction of nonindigenous species to Canada’s marine coasts.  H.J. MacIsaac, O. Kalaci*, and F. Sylvester*.  Topic 2: Invasion genetics of the Ciona intestinalis species complex: from regional endemism to global homogeneity. A. Zhan*, M.E. Cristescu and H.J. MacIsaac. 

April 2011, Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Annual General Meeting, Quebec City: Topic 1:Hull fouling as a vector for introduction of non-indigenous species. A.A. Adebayo*, F. Sylvester*, O. Kalaci* and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 2: Domestic vessels as a potential pathway of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River. A.A. Adebayo*, S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 3: First vector-based risk assessment for ship-mediated biological invasions in the Canadian Arctic. Chan*, F.T., S.A. Bailey, C.J. Wiley and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 4: Multiple introductions and invasion pathways for the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Eurasia. S. Ghabooli*, T. Shiganova, A. Zhan*, M. Cristescu, P. Eghtesadi-Araghi and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 5: Assessing invasion risk across taxa and habitats. E. Briski* and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 6: Jump or creep: population genetic structure and dispersal dynamics of the introduced golden mussel in South America. A. Zhan*, E. Paolucci, M. Cristescu, and H.J. MacIsaac.
128-130) February 2011, American Society for Limnology and Oceanography, San Juan, Puerto Rico. Topic 1:  Models to predict invasion risk via ships’ hull fouling. MacIsaac, H.J., F. Sylvester* and O. Kalaci*.  Topic 2: Domestic vessels as a potential pathway of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River. A.A. Adebayo*, S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 3: First vector-based risk assessment for ship-mediated biological invasions in the Canadian Arctic. Chan*, F.T.,S.A. Bailey, C.J. Wiley and H.J. MacIsaac.

September 2010, International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Annual Science Conference, Nantes, France. Topic 1: Invasion genetics of Ciona intestinalis species complex: from regional endemism to global homogeneity. A. Zhan*, H.J. MacIsaac and M. Cristescu. Topic 2: A.A. Adebayo*, S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac. Lakers as vectors for the introduction and spread of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence River. Topic 3: Multiple introductions and invasion pathways for the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Eurasia. S. Ghabooli*,  T. Shiganova, A. Zhan*, M. Cristescu, P. Eghtesadi-Araghi and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 4: Use of DNA barcoding to detect invertebrate invasive species from diapausing eggs. E. Briski*, M. Cristescu, S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac.

August 2010, 17th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, San Diego. Topic 1: Multiple introductions and invasion pathways for the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi in Eurasia. S. Ghabooli*, A. Zhan*, M. Cristescu and H.J. MacIsaac, T. Shiganova and P. Eghtesadi-Araghi. Topic 2: Identification of ballast sediment invertebrate species using resting eggs and mitochondrial markers. H.J. MacIsaac, E. Briski*, M. Cristescu and S.A. Bailey. Topic 3:Tales from the crypt: instrument records from inside operating ballast tanks. D.F. Reid, T. Johengen, S.A. Bailey, C. Wiley, P. Jenkins and H.J. MacIsaac.

August 2010, 31st Congress of the International Limnological Society, Cape Town, South Africa. Topic: Management of invasion vectors in the Great Lakes.

April 2010, Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network Annual Meeting, Victoria, British Columbia. Topic 1: A comprehensive analysis of ship-mediated invasion risk in the Canadian Arctic. Chan*, F.T., S.A. Bailey and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 2: Evaluation of stochastic gravity model selection for use in estimating spread of aquatic invasive species. Muirhead*, J. and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 3: Looking at both sides of the invasion: the colonial violet tunicate in North America. Bock, D., A. Zhan*, H.J. MacIsaac and M.E. Cristescu. Topic 4: Lakers as transport vectors for introduction and spread of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes. Adebayo*, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 5: Use of NaCl brine as a ballast water treatment technology on transoceanic vessels entering the Great Lakes. Wang*, T., S. Bailey, C. Wiley, P. Jenkins, T. Johengen, D. Reid and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 6: Efficacy of regulations in protecting the Great Lakes from biological invasions via ships' ballast water. Briski*, E., S.A. Bailey, M.E. Cristescu and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 7: Invasion genetics of the model species Ciona intestinalis: cryptic species diversity and high population connectivity. Zhan*, A., H.J. MacIsaac and M.E. Cristescu.
112) October 2009: International Congress on Biological Invasions, Fuzhou, China. Topic: Global genetic analyses suggest recent human-mediated expansion for Ciona intestinalis, a highly invasive tunicate species complex. Zhan*, A., M. Cristescu and H.J. MacIsaac.

May 2009: Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network Annual Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Topic 1: Comparative phylogeography of two invasive colonial tunicates reveals contrasting invasion histories in North America. D. Bock, C. Lejeusne*, H.J. MacIsaac and M.E. Cristescu. Topic 2: Using brine to limit spread of nonindigenous species by ballast water. J. Bradie*, S. Bailey, C. Wiley and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 3: Invertebrates and resting stages in ships entering Canadian freshwater and marine ports. E. Briski*, S. Bailey, M.E. Cristescu and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 4: Analysis of ship-mediated invasion risks in the Canadian arctic. (award winning poster) F. Chan*, S. Bailey, C. Wiley and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 5: Use of NaCl brine as a ballast treatment technology for transoceanic vessels entering the Great Lakes. T. Wang*,  S. Bailey, H.J. MacIsaac, C. Wiley, P. Jenkins, T. Johengen and D.F. Reid. Topic 6: Hull fouling as a vector for introduction of non-indigenous species. F. Sylvester* and H. MacIsaac.

August 2008. Ecological Society of America, Milwaukee, WI. Topic: Finding exotic needles in haystacks: early detection of colonizing invaders when rare. Quershi*, S., C.T. Harvey, and H.J. MacIsaac.

June 2008: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, St. John’s, Newfoundland. Topic 1: Looking at Lakers: domestic shipping as a vector for introduction or spread of aquatic nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes. S.A.  Bailey, M.P. Rup*, C.J. Wiley, M.S. Minton, A.W. Miller, G.M. Ruiz, and H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 2: Briski*, E., S.A. Bailey, M.E. Cristescu, and H.J. MacIsaac. Comparative assessment of invertebrate resting stages in ballast sediment of ships entering Canadian freshwater and marine ports.  Topic 3: Sylvester*, F., C. van Overdijk*, and H.J. MacIsaac. Hull fouling as a vector for introduction of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes. Topic 4: J. Jacobs* and H.J. MacIsaac. Predicting spread of Cabomba caroliniana in Ontario.

April 2008: Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network Annual Meeting, Banff. Topic 1: J. Bradie*, S.A. Bailey, H.J. MacIsaac and C.J. Wiley. Efficiacy of NaCl treatment for limiting spread of nonindigenous species via ballast water. Topic 2: E. Briski*, S. Bailey, M.E. Cristescu and H.J. MacIsaac. Comparative assessment of invertebrate resting stages in ballast sediment of ships entering Canadian freshwater and marine ports. Topic 3: S. Quershi*, C.T. Harvey*, and H.J. MacIsaac. Detecting invasive species when rare: finding needles in haystacks. Topic 4: Sylvester*, F., C. van Overdijk*, and H.J. MacIsaac. Hull fouling as a vector for introduction of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes.

September 2007: 15th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Nijmegen, Netherlands. Topic 1:  Modeling spread of aquatic invasive species using hierarchical models. (with J. Muirhead*). Topic 2: Biological efficacy of NaCl brine as a ballast water treatment technology for transoceanic vessels entering the Great Lakes. (with J. Bradie*, S. Bailey, and C. Wiley) Topic 3: Biological effectiveness of open-ocean ballast water exchange for preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports. (with D. Reid, D. Gray* and T. Johengen).
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September 2006, 4th European Conference on Biological Invasions (NEOBIOTA), Vienna, Austria.  Topic: Use and limitations of molecular markers in identification of invasion pathways.(H. MacIsaac, D. Gray*, D. Kelly*, J. Muirhead*, S. Ellis*, D. Heath).

June 2006, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Meeting, Victoria, B.C. Topic 1: A risk assessment for the distribution of the Chinese mitten crab in North America based on propagule pressure and environmental niche models. L.-M. Herborg*, C.L. Jerde, D.M. Lodge, G.M. Ruiz & H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 2: Vicariance and dispersal effects on phylogeographic structure and speciation in estuaries. D.W. Kelly*, H.J. MacIsaac, D. Heath. Topic 3: Prediction of dispersal and establishment of aquatic nonindigenous species across Ontario lakes: linking vector-based and habitat-matching models. J. Muirhead* & H.J. MacIsaac. 

May 2006, 14th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.A., Topic: Does open-ocean ballast exchange prevent the transfer of invertebrates between freshwater ports? D.K. Gray*, C. van Overdijk*, T. Johengen, D.F.  Reid & H.J. MacIsaac.

May 2006, International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference, Windsor. Topic 1: Examination of the salinity tolerance of nonindigenous invertebrates in the Great Lakes. S. Ellis*, H.J. MacIsaac, G.M. Ruiz. Topic 2: The use of ecological niche modeling in identifying high risk areas for species invasions. L.-M. Herborg*, B. Cudmore, N.E. Mandrak, D.M. Lodge & H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 3: Does open-ocean ballast exchange reduce the risk of future Great Lakes’ introductions from transoceanic vessels? D.K. Gray*, C. van Overdijk*, T. Johengen, D.F.  Reid & H.J. MacIsaac. Topic 4: Prediction of dispersal and establishment of aquatic nonindigenous species across Ontario lakes. J. Muirhead* & H.J. MacIsaac.

January 2006: Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research 2006, Calgary, Alberta. Topic: Vicariance and dispersal effects on phylogeographic structure and speciation in a widespread estuarine invertebrate. D. Kelly*, H. MacIsaac, and D. Heath. 

September 2005: Aquatic Ecology at the Dawn of the XXI Century, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia. Topic: Biological invasion by nonindigenous species is an emerging force of change to global aquatic communities. H.J. MacIsaac, M. Orlova & I. Telesh.

August 2005: 4th International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, Wellington, New Zealand. Topic 1: Multiple invasions of European and North American freshwaters by a North American eatuarine invertebrate. (D.W. Kelly*, D. Heath and H. MacIsaac); Topic 2: The world according to GARP: Ecological niche modeling to predict spread of the Chinese mitten crab. (L.-M. Herborg*, D.Lodge and H. MacIsaac); Topic 3: Transoceanic NOBOB vessel voyages on the Great Lakes: vectors for new invertebrate invasions? (C. van Overdijk*, K. Nandakumar*, I. Duggan*, S. Bailey*, and H. MacIsaac); Topic 4: Invertebrates from ballast residuals in non-ballasted ships entering Chesapeake Bay, and a comparison with the Great Lakes. (I. Duggan*, S. Bailey*, C. van Overdijk* and H. MacIsaac). 

August 2005: Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec. Life-history variation and the dispersal of invasive species in Ontario lakes.(J. Muirhead* and H. MacIsaac)

May 2005: Biological Invasions of Inland Waters Workshop, Florence, Italy.  Topic:  Identification of source:destination relationships using spatially-explicit vector models and microsatellite DNA. (H. MacIsaac, R. Colautti* and J. Muirhead*)

May 2005: 2nd Annual Aquatic Invaders Workshop, Queen's University Biological Station, ON. Topic: Effect of gravity model choice on spatial prediction of spiny waterflea dispersal. (J. Muirhead* and H. MacIsaac)

January 2005, Society of Canadian Limnologists, Windsor, ON. Topic: Invasion Genetics of the spiny waterflea (Bythotrephes longimanus)(R. Colautti*, D.Heath and H.J. MacIsaac)

September 2004: 13th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Ennis, Ireland. Topic 1: Genetic identity and invasion dynamics of the quagga mussel Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in the Volga River basin and Great Lakes as revealed by microsatellites. T. Therriault*, M. Docker, M. Orlova^, D. Heath. Topic 2: Transfer of nonindigenous species to the Great Lakes in residual water of No Ballast on Board (NOBOB) vessels. C. van Overdijk*, S. Bailey*, I. Duggan*, D. Reid, T. Johengen, H. MacIsaac; Topic 3: Modeling the risk of invasion by diapausing eggs in residual ballast sediments. S. Bailey*, I. Duggan*, D. Gray*, H. MacIsaac. Topic 4:  Viability of invertebrate diapausing eggs exposed to saltwater: implication for the Great Lakes’ ship ballast management. D. Gray*, S. Bailey*, I. Duggan*, H. MacIsaac. Topic 5: Life history variation and the spread of nonindigenous species across Ontario lakes. J. Muirhead* and H. MacIsaac. 

July 2004: 7th INTECOL International Wetlands Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Topic: Predicting biological invasions in the Great Lakes and beyond. 

August 2003: Ecological Society of America, Savanna, Georgia. Topic: What determines invasion success? R.I. Colautti and H.J. MacIsaac. 

June 2003: International Association for Great Lakes Research Conference, DePaul University, Chicago, IL. Topic 1: IAGLR ‘White Paper’ on Aquatic Invasive Species: progress, product and prognosis. (J. Gannon, D. Reid, H,. MacIsaac, M. Dochoda, M. Burrows, D. Mason and J. Hartig); Topic 2: Transoceanic NOBOB vessels entering the Great Lakes: vectors for new invasions (C. van Overdijk*, S. Bailey*, I. Duggan* and H. MacIsaac); Topic 3: NOBOB project task 2 – ballast tank mesocosms experiments and use of incubator-emergence traps (D. Reid, S. Bailey*, T.  Johengen, S. Constant, P. Jenkins, C. van Overdijk*, I. Duggan* and H. MacIsaac); Topic 4: Just add water: evidence for in situ emergence of invertebrates from resting stages in NOBOB ballast tanks (I. Duggan*, S. Bailey*, C. van Overdijk*, D. Reid, T. Johengen, and H. MacIsaac); Topic 5: Can partial ballast exchange reduce viability of resting stages in the ballast tanks of NOBOB ships? (D. Gray*, I. Duggan*, S. Bailey*, and H. MacIsaac)

June 2003: 12th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Windsor, ON. Topic 1: Economic impacts of invasive nonindigenous species in Canada: quantifying the nonquantified. (H.J. MacIsaac, S. Bailey*, R. Colautti*, C. van Overdijk*, K. Amundsen); Topic 2: Risk assessment for prediction of invertebrate invaders in the Laurentian Great Lakes. (I.A. Grigorovich*, R. Colautti* and H.J. MacIsaac). Topic 3: The Great Lakes NOBOB project: 38 ships and 82 tanks later. (T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid, P. Jenkins, S. Bailey*, C. van Overdijk*, F. Dobbs, H.J.  MacIsaac); Topic 4: Do resting eggs in ballast tanks pose an invasion risk? (S. Bailey*, C. van Overdijk*, I. Duggan*, H.J. MacIsaac); Topic 5: A null hypothesis for biological invasions. (R. Colautti*, I. Grigorovich* and H.J. MacIsaac); Topic 6: Invasion kinetics of spiny waterflea dispersal in Ontario (J. Muirhead* and H.J. MacIsaac); Topic 7: Enemy Release Hypothesis (with R. Colautti, A. Ricciardi).Topic 8: Progress towards quantitative ecological risk assessment for the Bythotrephes invasion of shield lakes. (N.D. Yan, H.J. MacIsaac, J. Borbely*, S. Boudreau, J. Young, A. Croft, R. Girard). 

March 2003: 3rd  International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, La Jolla, CA; Topic 1: Economic impacts of invasive nonindigenous species in Canada: a case study. (with S. Bailey*, R. Colautti*, C. van Overdijk*, K. Amundsen); Topic 2: Assessment of live invertebrates and resting stages from NOBOB vessels entering the Great Lakes: potential vectors for new invasions. (C. van Overdijk*, S. Bailey*, I. Duggan*, H. MacIsaac); Topic 3: Use of incubator-emergence traps for hatching studies in ballast tanks (D. Reid, T. Johengen, F. Dobbs, S. Bailey*, I. Duggan* and H. MacIsaac). 

February 2003: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Salt Lake City, UT. Topic 1: Changes in zooplankton community composition mediated by nonindigenous species; Topic 2: Sleeping stowaways: do resting eggs on transoceanic vessels pose an invasion risk? (S. Bailey*, I. Duggan*, C. van Overdijk* and H.J. MacIsaac); Topic 3: Nasties in NOBOBs: Potential for introduction of invertebrates to the Great Lakes from residual ballast water. (C. van Overdijk, I. Duggan, S. Bailey, H.J. MacIsaac)

January 2003: Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research and Society of Canadian Limnologists, Ottawa, ON. Topic: Viability of resting eggs collected from residual sediments in NOBOB vessels. (S.A. Bailey*., I. Duggan*, C. van Overdijk* and H.J. MacIsaac).

September 2002: Speciation in Ancient Lakes, Irkutsk, Russia.  Topic: Old basins with new species. 

February 2002: 11th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, Alexandria, Virginia.  Topic 1: Modeling ballast water invasion risks in the Great Lakes (H. MacIsaac, T. Robbins, M. Lewis);  Topic 2: Overview and taxonomic assessment of live invertebrates in residual ballast sediment of NOBOB vessels entering the Great Lakes. (T. Therriault*, H.J. MacIsaac and H. Limen*);  Topic 3: Identification of live invertebrates in residual ballast water of NOBOB vessels entering the Great Lakes  (C. van Overdijk*, S. Bailey* and H.J. MacIsaac);  Topic 4: Assessment of invasion risk posed by invertebrate resting eggs in residual ballast sediments in NOBOB  vessels entering the Great Lakes (S. Bailey* and H.J. MacIsaac); Topic 5: Distribution, fecundity, genetics and invasion routes of Cercopagis pengoi – a new exotic zooplankter in the Great Lakes. (Makarewicz, J., H.J. MacIsaac,  I. Grigorovich*, E. Mills, E. Damaske, M. Cristescu, W. Pearsall, M. LaVoie, R. Keats, L. Rudstam, P. Hebert, H. Halbritter, T. Kelly, and C. Matkovich*); Topic 6: Impacts of nonindigenous species on the Lake Erie ecosystem. (M. Austen, D. Schloesser, L. Corkum, J. Ciborowski, K. Fynn-Aikins, H. MacIsaac, J. Smith, T. Johnson); Topic 7: Invasion ‘hotspots’ of the Laurentian Great Lakes (I.A. Grigorovich*, R. I. Colautti* and H.J. MacIsaac) 

August 2001; Society of Conservation Biology, Hilo, HI. Topic: Invasion corridors to the Great Lakes: routes and mechanisms. (H. MacIsaac, R. Colautti*, I. Grigorovich*, T. Therriault*, T. Robbins, M. Lewis).

April 2001: National Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, New Orleans, LA. Topic 1: Spatial and temporal analysis of shipping vectors to the Great Lakes. (with R. Colautti*, C. van Overdijk*, A. Niimi, E. Mills, K. Holeck); Topic 2: Aquatic  invertebrate introductions in the Black, Azov and Caspian Sea basins. (I. Grigorovich*, H. MacIsaac, N.V. Shadrin); Topic 3: Assessment of  transoceanic  NOBOB Vessels and low-salinity ballast water as vectors for nonindigenous species introductions to the Great Lakes (M. Doblin, F. Dobbs,  H. MacIsaac, D. Reid). 

RESEARCH GRANTS HELD

2011-2015: NSERC Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network II. $7,145,500 (PI, with 29 others)

2010-2015: Models to predict colonization, spread and evolution of invasive species. NSERC Discovery Grant, $61,000/yr

2010-2013: Models to predict colonization, spread and evolution of invasive species. NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement, $40,000/yr

2010-2015: Ship-mediated species invasions in the Arctic. NSERC Northern Research Supplement, $10,000-15,000/yr

2010: Robot for processing genetic samples, NSERC RTI Equipment, $120,000 (D. Heath (PI) plus 4 others)

2009: Validation and quantification system for nucleic acids and proteins. NSERC RTI Equipment, $43,955 (PI: M. Cristescu, H. MacIsaac, D. Heath, C. Weisener)

2009:  Invasive Species Public Outreach, TD Canada Trust, Environment Fund, $25,000

2008: Gradient thermal cycler, NSERC RTI. $18,124 (PI: M. Cristescu; H. MacIsaac, D. Heath)

2007, 2008, 2009: Invasive Species Public Outreach, Environment Canada. $45,000, $40,000, $35,000.

2008: Gradient thermal cycler, NSERC RTI. $18,124 (PI: M. Cristescu)

2007, 2008: Invasive Species Public Outreach, Environment Canada.

2007: High Capacity DNA Genotyping and Analysis Facility (P.I.: D. Heath, M. Cristescu, H. MacIsaac, T. Pitcher, S. Doucet, D. Mennill), NSERC RTI Equipment.

2006-2011: Canadian Aquatic Invasive Species Network; NSERC Research Network (P.I. + 25 others)

2005-2010: Deterministic, stage-based model of biological invasions; NSERC Discovery

2005-2009: The microgenomics network: advancing knowledge of biological diversity through DNA barcodes; NSERC Research Network (P.I.: P.D.N. Hebert + 35 others)

2005: Spatial Analyses of Aquatic Invasive Species, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources

2004: Large Lakes Research Platform, Great lakes Institute for Environmental Research; P.I.: B. Fryer, Co-P.I.s: H. MacIsaac, D. Haffner, D. Heath, K. Drouillard, R. Letcher; D. Fowle + 2 others; Canadian Foundatiion for Innvation.

2004-2006: Identifying, verifying and establishing options for best management practices for NOBOB vessels, co-P.I. with Dr. T. Johengen, D.F. Reid, P. Jenkins, A. Ricciardi, Y. Hong, F. Dobbs, M. Doblin, L. Drake, G. Ruiz; Great Lakes Protection Fund

2003-2006: Bioeconomic assessment of species invasions, co-P.I. with Mark Lewis, NSERC Collaborative Research Opportunities Grant

2002-2006: Bioeconomic assessment of species invasions (PI: David Lodge, with 6 co-PIs), U.S. National Science Foundation

2003 Controlled Environment Chamber Facility: NSERC Equipment Grant. (P.I.,  with 3 others)

2003-2005: Developing and validating vector-based models of species invasion. NSERC Discovery Grant. 

2002-2003: Identification of testate rhizopods of possible marine origin in the Great Lakes (with K. Nicholls). U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

2002: Economic Impacts of invasive alien species on the Canadian economy. Office of the Auditor General of Canada

2002 Public education campaign to prevent spread of spiny waterfleas to inland lakes in Ontario, Ministry of Natural Resources

2000-2003 Studies of non-indigenous species in the Great Lakes, Premier’s Research Excellence Award

2001-2003 Assessment of transoceanic NOBOB vessels and low-salinity ballast water as vectors for nonindigenous species introductions to the Great Lakes. Great Lakes Protection Fund.  (T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid, H.J. MacIsaac, G. Fahnenstiel, F. Dobbs, M. Doblin, G. Ruiz, P. Jenkins). 

2001-2003 Ballast residuals in NOBOB (No Ballast On Board) vessels in Chesapeake Bay: Their biological and chemical characterization and a comparison with patterns in  the Great Lakes. U.S. National Sea Grant.  (F. Dobbs, L. Drake, M. Doblin, T. Johengen, H. MacIsaac, and P. Jenkins)

2001 Field Vehicle, NSERC Equipment grant.  (P.I., with 8 others)

2001Gas chromatography, electron-capture and flame ionization detection system for research on environmental organic contaminants and metabolites, NSERC Equipment.  (R. Letcher, P.I., with H. MacIsaac and 4 others)

2001 Rotary evaporation system for environmental organic contaminant and metabolite research, NSERC Equipment.  (R. Letcher, P.I., with H. MacIsaac and 4 others)

2001 University Faculty Travel Grant, Society of Conservation Biology meeting

2001-2002 Taxonomic and genetic identification of nonindigenous species in Lake Superior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of Fisheries and Oceans. (P.I., with D. Heath)

2000-2001 Tracking shipping patterns in the Great Lakes, U.S. NOAA, (D. Reid and H. MacIsaac)

2000-2001 Investigations of species occurrence in No-Ballast-On-Board Ships in the Great Lakes, U.S. Coast Guard. (D. Reid, H. MacIsaac, G. Ruiz and F. Dobbs)

2000-2001 Experimental examination of ballast-borne species in Great Lakes ships, U.S. E.P.A.  $120,000 US (D. Reid, H. MacIsaac, G. Ruiz and F. Dobbs)

1999, 2000 Ponto-Caspian invasion workshop, NSERC International Opportunities Fund. (P.I., with 6 others) Supplementary grants provided by U.S. E.P.A. and U.S. N.O.A.A. (PI = D. Reid)

2000 In Situ Fluorometer, NSERC Equipment,  (P.I., J. Ciborowski, D. Haffner)

2000 Nutrient Autoanalyzer. NSERC Equipment, (D. Haffner, H. MacIsaac, B. Fryer) 

1999-2003: Species Invasions, NSERC Research

2000-2001 Species invasions in the Great Lakes: assessment of temporal patterns, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, U.S. (E. Mills, H. MacIsaac)

1995-1999 Determinants of invasion success in freshwater ecosystems. NSERC Operating

1999 Hydrolab, NSERC Equipment, (H. MacIsaac, D. Haffner, J. Ciborowski)

1999 Student Employment grant, Environment Canada

1998 International Development Research Centre, Research Cooperation Programme between Canada and Latin America, Faculty Travel Award

1998: Image analysis system, NSERC Equipment (H. MacIsaac, P. Sale, J. Ciborowski).

2000, 1999, 1998: Summer Student Placement Award

1998 Canadian Council for Human Resources in the Environment Industry

1997 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Science and Technology with European Partners, Travel Award

1997  Science Horizons, Environment Canada

1996-1997 Toxicity, ecological impacts, monitoring, causes, and public awareness of Microcystis in Lake Erie. Lake Erie Protection Fund (Ohio), (D. Culver [P.I.] and 11 others)

1996 Environmental Youth Corps:  Ministry of Natural Resources,  Ministry of Environment and Energy

1994-1996 Food web impacts of Bythotrephes cederstroemi in inland lakes. Ontario Ministry of Environment and Energy, (Co-P.I. with W.G. Sprules)

1993-1996 Trophodynamics of contaminants and toxicological impacts in the zebra mussel -- waterfowl interaction. Wildlife Toxicology Fund, (P.I., with 5 others)

1994-1995 Energy flow and contaminant dynamics in the Lake Erie ecosystem. Great Lakes University Research Fund, (D. Haffner [P.I.] and 20 others)

1993-1994 Ecological integration of zebra mussels in the Great Lakes: trophic interactions and impacts on contaminant dynamics. Ontario Ministry of the Environment, (P.I.; Co-investigators: D. Haffner, J. Ciborowski)

1994 Contaminant ecology of zebra mussels and quagga mussels in the Great Lakes. Environmental Youth Corps, Ministry of Environment and Energy

1992-1995 Zebra mussel recruitment processes. NSERC Operating

1992-1994 Consumption zebra mussels veliger larvae by invertebrate predators in Lake Erie. Department of Fisheries and Oceans -- NSERC Science Subvention, (W.G. Sprules and H.J. MacIsaac)

1990-1993 Effects of introduced zebra mussels on Lake Erie food webs. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Co-P.I. with W.G. Sprules)

1991-1992 Biological attributes and ecological impacts of the invading mollusc, Dreissena polymorpha. Great Lakes University Research Fund, Environment Canada (Gerald Mackie (PI) and 7 others)

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION:
Member, NSERC Evolution and Ecology Grant Selection Committee, Panel 18; 2007-current

Member, Great Lakes Invasive Species Task Force; 2003-current

Member, Committee on the St. Lawrence Seaway: Options to Eliminate introduction of nonindigenous species, Transportation Research Board, U.S. National Academy of Sciences; June 2004-2008

International Joint Commission, Sciecne Advisory Board; 2007-current

Member,National Ecological Observatory Network (USA), Invasive Species Panel, 2004-2005
 

Journal Associate Editorships:
Freshwater Biology (1999-2007)
Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management (1999-2009)

Diversity and Distributions (2002-current)

Biological Invasions (2002-current)

REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS:
Ecology; Oecologia; Bioscience; American Zoologist; Canadian Journal of Zoology; Limnology and Oceanography; Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences; Archiv für Hydrobiologie; Estuaries; Freshwater Biology; International Review of Hydrobiology; Journal of the North American Benthological Society; Journal of Great Lakes Research; Aquatic Toxicology; Aquatic Sciences; Proceedings of the International Association of Theoretical & Applied Limnology; Biological Invasions; Ecology Letters; Science; Environmental Assessment and Management; Proceedings of the Royal Society (U.K.); American Malacological Bulletin; Journal of Applied Ecology; Pacific Science; Ecography; Trends in Ecology and Evolution; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA); Conservation Biology; Conservation Letters; Aquatic Invasions;  Nature.

REVIEWER FOR THE FOLLOWING FUNDING AGENCIES:
NSERC; National Science Foundation; Hudson River Foundation; Ohio Sea Grant; New York Sea Grant; Louisiana Sea Grant; Wisconsin Sea Grant; Michigan Sea Grant; California Sea Grant; U.S. National Sea Grant;  Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research; Canadian Foundation for Innovation; European Science Foundation.

GRADUATE SUPERVISION:

Farrah Chan, PhD (2009-current): Arctic invasions

Boris Beric, MSC (2011-current): Rapid Response

Marco Hernandez, PhD (2011-current): Ballast treatments

Amanda Eyraud, MSc (2011-current): Invasive macrophytes in the Great Lakes

Sara Ghabooli, PhD, (2007-current): Genetics of invading species

Remi Adebayo, MSc, (2009-2012): Laker invasion threats

Elizabeta Briski, PhD, (2006-2011): Benthic invertebrates in ballast of vessels to Canada's coastal marine and freshwater ecosystems

Tony Wang, MSc, (2008-2011): In situ application of brine as an emergency treatment for non-complaint ships (S. Bailey co-supervisor)

Johanna Bradie, MSc, (2007-2010): Treatment of ballast water (S. Bailey, cosupervisor)

Michael Jacobs, M.Sc., (2006-2008): Modeling spread of fanwort (Cabomba) in Ontario. 

Sandra Ellis, M.Sc., (2005-2007): Salinity tolerance of putative invaders to the Great Lakes

Derek Gray, M.Sc., (2004-2007): Ballast Water Exchange: a panacea for reducing invasions?  (NSERC scholarship)

Jim Muirhead, Ph.D., (2002-2007): Models of species dispersal to inland lakes (supported by IAGLR, OGS scholarships)

Sarah Bailey, Ph.D. (2000-2004): Hatching studies of resting eggs from ships’ ballast tanks (supported by NSERC Industrial scholarship [Shipping Federation of Canada])

Robert Colautti, M.Sc. (2001-2003): Microsatellite DNA surveys of invading waterfleas in Ontario lakes (NSERC scholarship)

Julianna Borbely, M.Sc. (2000-2001); Modeling Bythotrephes invasions in Ontario  (supported by NSERC scholarship)

Kerry McPhedran, M.Sc. (1999-2001); Cercopagis pengoi predation of zooplankton in Lake Ontario

Colin van Overdijk, M.Sc. (1998-2000); Interactions between invasive amphipods, Gammarus fasciatus and Echinogammarus ischnus, in Lake Erie

Andrew Bially, M.Sc. (1995-1998); island biogeography of introduced mussels on soft sediments in Lake Erie

Susan Roe, M.Sc. (1994-1996); partitioning of organic contaminants in zebra mussel tissues 

Robert Coulas, M.Sc. (1994-1996); Fish exploitation of the spiny cladoceran (Bythotrephes) in a small Ontario lakes

Edward J. Mazak, M.Sc. (1993-1995); Organochlorine contaminants in waterfowl that exploit zebra mussel prey

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW SUPERVISION:

Esteban Paolucci (2011-current): ballast treatments

Aibin Zhan (2010-current): invasion genetics

Francisco Sylvester (2007-2010): Hull-mediated ship invasions

Chad Harvey (2007-2009): Invasions and ecosystem topology

Christophe Lejeunse (2007-2008): Genetics of tunicate invaders (Co-Supervisor, Dr. M. Cristescu)

Susan Gordon (2006-2007): barcoding native and invasive crustaceans in the Great Lakes  (with D. Heath)

Leif-Matthias Herborg (2004-2006): Modeling invasions (with D. Lodge, University of Notre Dame)

David Kelly, GLIER postdoctoral fellow (2003-2006): genetic tools to assess dispersal of Gammarus tigrinus 

Nandakumar (Nanda) Kanavillil, postdoctoral fellow, (2003- 2004): invertebrate resting stage hatching cues from ballast sediment

Marjorie Wonham, NSERC postdoctoral fellow, (2003-2004), (resident at University of Alberta with Mark Lewis) 

Ian Duggan, (2002 - 2004); Ballast water invaders in the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay, USA

Igor Grigorovich, (1997-2003); Ponto-Caspian invaders in the Great Lakes

Tom Therriault, NSERC postdoctoral fellow (January 2001 – July 2002); identification of ballast water and ballast sediment invaders using genetic probes

Yves Couillard, GLIER Postdoctoral Fellow (1993-1995): Mechanisms of organochlorine contaminant uptake in zebra mussels

UNDERGRADUATE THESIS SUPERVISION (* =  has or will publish study):

Rahel Tedla, 2008-2009: History of invasion ecology post Charles Elton

Michael Rup*, 2007-2008: Tracking ballast water discharges by the Great Lakes domestic fleet

Samir Qureshi*, 2007-2008: How rare is rare? Detecting rare invasive species

Ashley Steinberg*, 2006-2007: Viability of desiccation diapausing stages of zooplankton

Michael Jacobs*, 2005-2006: Exactly how do long-spined zooplankton get caught on fishing lines?

Derek Gray*, 2002-2003: Saltwater exposure: a cure to ballast-mediated invasions? (Undergraduate thesis Honourable Mention)

Nathalie Bergeron*, 2002-2003: The pet trade as vector of NIS to the Great Lakes

Corrine Rixon*, 2002-2003: Live human fish stores as vector of NIS to the Great Lakes (Undergraduate thesis Award Recipient)

Rob Colautti*, 2000-2001: Ship traffic and Great Lakes invasion patterns (Undergraduate thesis Award Recipient)

Carolyn Matkovich*, 1999-2000: Waterfowl as zooplankton dispersers?

John Sencaj, 1999-2000: Diet of lake sturgeon in Lake St. Clair

Tracy Mabee*, 1998-1999: Exotic amphipod competition in the Great Lakes

Joe Lozon*, 1996-1997: Does disturbance facilitate invasions?

Sandra Parker, 1995-1996: Spawning in zebra mussels

Rahim Kassan, 1994-1995: biogeography of Dreissena patches

Chris Lonnee*,1993-1994: Zebra mussel predation on zooplankton

CURRICULUM VITAE

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