Lab Publications (since 2000)

80. Modeling spread of the invasive macrophyte Cabomba caroliniana. 2008. Jacobs, M.J. and H.J. MacIsaac. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY  (in press).

79. Predictive ability of gravity models to forecast invasions. Muirhead, J.R. and H.J. MacIsaac. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS (submitted).

78. Detection of colonizing nonindigenous species. Harvey, C.T. S.A. Qureshi and H.J. MacIsaac. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS (in review).

77. The book that began invasion ecology. 2008. Charles Elton's 50-year-old text on invasion ecology is now cited more than ever. Ricciardi, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. NATURE 652:34. PDF

76. Salinity tolerance of Great Lakes’ invaders. 2008. Ellis, S. and H.J. MacIsaac. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY (in press).

75. Spatial and temporal stability of rotifer communities. Steinberg, A.J. J. Ejsmont-Karabin, J.R. Muirhead, and H. J. MacIsaac.  HYDROBIOLOGIA (accepted pending revision)                     

74. Laurentian Great Lakes as a case study in biological invasion.  D.W. Kelly, G. Lamberti, and H. J. MacIsaac. In: ISIS Bioeconomics of Biological Invasions. R. Keller, M. Lewis and D. Lodge (eds).  (in press).  

73. Is current ballast water exchange policy sufficient to protect the Great Lakes from ship-vectored invasions? 2008. Ricciardi, A. and  H.J. MacIsaac.  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS  18:1321-1323. PDF

72.  Identifying the source of species invasions: sampling intensity versus genetic diversity. 2008. Muirhead, J.R., D.K. Gray, D.W. Kelly, S.M. Ellis, D.D. Heath and H. J. MacIsaac.  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 17:431-449. PDF

71.  Comparative distribution and invasion risk of snakehead and Asian carp species in North America.  2007. L.-M. Herborg, N.E. Mandrak, B.C. Cudmore and  H.J. MacIsaac.  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 64:1723-1735. PDF

70. Efficacy of open-ocean ballast water exchange as a means of preventing invertebrate invasions between freshwater ports. 2007. D.K. Gray, T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid and H.J. MacIsaac.  LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 52:2386-2397. PDF

69.  Nonindigenous species in Lake Erie: a chronicle of established and projected aquatic invaders. Bailey, S.A., D.W. Kelly, D.K. Gray, K. Nandakumar and H.J. MacIsaac. PULSE OF LAKE ERIE pp. 579-603.

68.  Biodiversity and ecosystem changes associated with Dreissena invasion of aquatic ecosystems. 2007. Kelly, D.W. , L.-M. Herborg & H.J. MacIsaac. In: Dreissena mussels in Europe. G. Van der Velde (ed.). (in press).

67. Predicting the range of Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) in Europe. 2007. L.-M. Herborg, D. Rudnick, Y. Siliang, D.M. Lodge and H. J. MacIsaac. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 21:1316-1323. PDF

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

65. Globalization, biological invasions, and ecosystem changes in North America’s Great Lakes. 2007. K. Holeck, E.L. Mills and H. J. MacIsaac.  In: Globalization: Effects on fisheries resources. Ed.: W. Taylor. Chapter 6, pages 156-182.  PDF

64. Predicting  invasion risk using measures of introduction effort and environmental niche models. 2007. L-M. Herborg,  C.L. Jerde,  D.M. Lodge,  G.M. Ruiz, and H. J. MacIsaac. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 17:663-674. PDF

63. Fouling of fishing line by the waterflea Cercopagis pengoi: a mechanism of human-mediated dispersal? 2007.  M. Jacobs and H. J. MacIsaac.  HYDROBIOLOGIA 583:119-126  PDF

62. Sediments and ships: natural biota as biological contaminants. 2007.  Bailey, S.A., I.C. Duggan, K. Nandakumar and H.J. MacIsaac. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Sediment Quality Assessment, Antwerp Belgium. Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management 10:93-100. PDF

61.  Temporal pattern of government funding for nonindigenous species research in the Great Lakes. 2007. Steinberg, A.J. C.S. Stevens, M. Burrows, and H. J. MacIsaac. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH 33:136-142.  PDF

60. Vicariance and dispersal effects on phylogeographic structure and speciation in a widespread estuarine invertebrate. 2006. Kelly, D.W. , H.J. MacIsaac & D.D. Heath. EVOLUTION 60:257-267. PDF

59. Invasion risk of active and diapausing invertebrates from residual ballast in ships entering Chesapeake Bay. 2006. Duggan, I.C., S.A. Bailey, C.D.A. van Overdijk and MacIsaac, H.J. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES 324:57-66.  PDF

58. Contrasting patterns in genetic diversity following multiple invasions of fresh and brackish waters. 2006. D.W. Kelly, J. Muirhead,  D.D. Heath & H.J. MacIsaac. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 15:3641-3653. PDF

57. Quantifying rotifer species richness in temperate lakes. 2006. J.  Muirhead, J. Ejsmont-Karabin and H. J. MacIsaac. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 51:1696-1709. PDF

56. Propagule pressure: a null hypothesis for biological invasions. 2006.  Colautti, R.I., I.A. Grigorovich and H.J. MacIsaac. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 8:1023-1037.  PDF appendix 

55.  Modeling local and long-distance dispersal of the emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis (Coleoptera) in North America. 2006. Muirhead, J.R., B. Leung,  C.D.A. van Overdijk, D. Kelly, N. Kanivillil, K. Marchant and H.J. MacIsaac. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 12:71-79. PDF

54. Biological Invasions: Recommendations for U.S. Policy and Management. 2006. Lodge, D.M., S. Williams, H. MacIsaac, K. Hayes, B. Leung, L. Loope, S. Reichard, R. Mack, P. Moyle, M. Smith, D. Andow, J. Carlton, and A. McMichael. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 16:2035-2054. PDF

53. Characterized and projected costs of nonindigenous species in Canada.  2006. Colautti, R.I., S. Bailey, C. van Overdijk, K. Amundsen and H.J. MacIsaac. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 8:45-59.  PDF

52. Popularity and propagule pressure: determinants of introduction and establishment of aquarium fish.   2006. Duggan, I.C., A.M. Rixon and H.J. MacIsaac.  BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 8:393-398. PDF

51.   Does salt water flushing reduce viability of diapausing eggs in ship ballast sediment? 2006. Bailey, S.A., K. Nandakumar and H.J. MacIsaac. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 12:328-335. PDF

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

49. Modelling the invasion risk of diapause organisms transported in ballast sediments. 2005.  Wonham, M.J., S.A. Bailey, H.J. MacIsaac and M.A. Lewis. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 62:2386-2398. PDF

48. Can sodium hypochlorite reduce the risk of species introductions from diapausing invertebrate eggs in non-ballasted ships? 2005. D.K. . Gray, I.C. Duggan and H.J. MacIsaac. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 52: 689-695. PDF

47. Invertebrates associated with residual ballast water and sediments of cargo carrying ships entering the Great Lakes. 2005. Duggan, I.C., C.D.A. van Overdijk, S.A. Bailey, P.T. Jenkins, H. Limén and H.J. MacIsaac. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 62:2463-2474. PDF.

46. In situ hatching of invertebrate diapausing eggs from ships’ ballast sediment. 2005. Bailey, S.A., K. Nandakumar, I.C. Duggan, C.D.A. van Overdijk, T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid and H.J. MacIsaac. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 11:453-460. PDF

45. Realized versus apparent enemy release in the European starling. 2005. Colautti, R.I., J.R. Muirhead, R.N. Biswas and H.J. MacIsaac.  BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 7:723-732. PDF

44. Invertebrate resting stages in residual ballast sediment of transoceanic ships. 2005. Bailey, S.A.,  I.C. Duggan, P.T. Jenkins and H.J. MacIsaac.  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 62:1090-1103.PDF

43. Invasion genetics of a freshwater mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in Eastern Europe as revealed by microsatellite analyses. 2005. Therriault, T.W., M.I. Orlova, M. Docker, H.J. MacIsaac and  D.D. Heath.  HEREDITY 95:16-23. PDF

42. Invasion genetics of the Eurasian spiny waterflea: Evidence for bottlenecks and gene flow using microsatellite data. 2005. Colautti, R.I., M. Manca, M. Viljanen, H.A.M. Ketelaars, H. Bürgi, H.J. MacIsaac and D.D. Heath.  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 14: 1869-1879. PDF

41. Food partitioning between the amphipods Echinogammarus ischnus, Gammarus fasciatus and Hyalella azteca as revealed by stable isotopes. 2005. Limén, H., C.D.A. van Overdijk and H.J. MacIsaac. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH 31:97-104.  PDF

40.  Invasion risks posed by the aquarium trade and live fish markets on the Laurentian Great Lakes.  2005. Rixon, C.A.M., I.C. Duggan, N.M.N. Bergeron, A. Ricciardi and H.J. MacIsaac.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 14:1365-1381.  PDF

39. Viability of invertebrate dispausing eggs exposed to saltwater: implications for Great Lakes ship ballast management. 2005. Gray, D.K., S.A. Bailey, I.C. Duggan and H.J. MacIsaac.  BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 7:531-539.  PDF

38. Minimizing invasion risk by reducing propagule pressure: application to ballast-water exchange. 2005. Wonham, M.J., M.A. Lewis, and H.J. MacIsaac.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT 3:473-479. PDF

37. Development of inland lakes as hubs in an invasion network. 2005. Muirhead, J.R. and H.J. MacIsaac.  JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY 42:80-90.  PDF

36. Management of nonindigenous species in the Great Lakes. 2005. Bailey, S.A., D.F. Reid, R.I. Colautti, T. Therriault and H.J. MacIsaac.  THE TOLEDO JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES' LAW, SCIENCE & POLICY 5:101-112. PDF

35. Is invasion success predicted by the enemy release hypothesis? 2004. Colautti, R.I., A. Ricciardi, I.A. Grigorovich and H.J. MacIsaac. ECOLOGY LETTERS 7:721-733. PDF

34. Bridging troubled waters: understanding links between biological invasions, transoceanic shipping, and other entry vectors in the Laurentian Great Lakes.  2004. Holeck, K.T., E.L. Mills, H.J. MacIsaac, M. Dochoda, R.I. Colautti and A. Ricciardi.  BIOSCIENCE 54: 919-929. PDF

33. A neutral terminology to define invasive species. 2004. Colautti, R.I. and H.J. MacIsaac. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 10:135-141. PDF

32. Backcasting and forecasting biological invasion of inland lakes. 2004. MacIsaac, H.J., J. Borbely, J. Muirhead and P. Graniero. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 14:773-783.  PDF

31. Range expansion of Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in the Volga River and Caspian Sea basin. 2004. Orlova, M.I.,  P.I. Antonov, G. Kh. Shcherbina, Ya.I. Starobogatov, G.I.  Biochino, T.W. Therriault and H.J. MacIsaac. AQUATIC ECOLOGY 38:561-573.  PDF

30. Euryhaline, sand-dwelling, testate rhizopods in the Great Lakes. 2004. Nicholls, K.H. and H.J. MacIsaac. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH 30:123-132. PDF

29. Molecular resolution of Dreissenidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) including the first report of Mytilopsis leucophaeta in the Black Sea basin. 2004. Therriault, T.W., M. Docker, M.I. Orlova,  D. Heath and H.J. MacIsaac. MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 30: 479-489. PDF

28. Dispersal of the Ponto-Caspian amphipod Echinogammarus ischnus: invasion waves from the Pleistocene to the present. 2004. Cristescu, M.E.A., J. Witt, I.A. Grigorovich, P.D.N. Hebert and HJ. MacIsaac. HEREDITY 92:197-203. PDF

27.  Salinity tolerance of diapausing eggs of freshwater zooplankton. 2004. Bailey, S.A.,  I.C. Duggan, C. van Overdijk, T.H. Johengen, D.F. Reid and H.J. MacIsaac.  FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 49:286-295.  PDF

26.  Lake Superior: an invasion coldspot? 2003. Grigorovich, I.A., R.I. Colautti, D. Gray, I.C. Duggan and H.J. MacIsaac. HYDROBIOLOGIA 499:191-210. PDF

25.  Effects of the nonindigenous cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi on the lower food web of Lake Ontario. 2003. Laxson, C., K. McPhedran, J.C. Makarewicz and H.J. MacIsaac. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 48: 2094-2106. PDF

24.  Biological invasions in Lake Ontario: past, present and future. 2003. Duggan, I.C., S.A. Bailey, R.I. Colautti, D.K. Gray, J.C. Makarewicz and H.J. MacIsaac. 2003.  In: STATE OF LAKE ONTARIO (M. Munawar, editor) pages 541-558. PDF

23. Seasonal and vertical distribution, food web dynamics and contaminant biomagnification of Cercopagis pengoi in Lake Ontario. 2003. Makarewicz, J.C., E. Damaske, C. Laxson,  H.J. MacIsaac and I.A. Grigorovich.  Proceedings of the 11th Annual Invasive Species Conference.  pp. 132-141. PDF

22. Spatial and temporal analysis of transoceanic shipping vectors to the Great Lakes. 2003. Colautti, R.I., A. J. Niimi, C.D.A. van Overdijk, E.L. Mills, K. Holeck and H.J. MacIsaac.  In: Invasive Species: Vectors and Management Strategies. Edited by G. Ruiz and J.T. Carlton. pp. 227-246. Island Press. PDF

21. History of aquatic invertebrate invasions in the Caspian Sea. 2003. Grigorovich, I.A., T.W. Therriault and H.J. MacIsaac. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 5:103-115. PDF

20. Ballast-mediated animal introductions in the Laurentian Great Lakes: retrospective and prospective analyses. 2003. Grigorovich, I.A., R. Colautti, E.L. Mills. K. Holeck, A. Ballert and H.J. MacIsaac. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 60:740-756. PDF

19. Viability of invertebrate diapausing stages collected from residual ballast sediment. 2003. Bailey, S.A., I.C. Duggan, C.D.A. van Overdijk, P. Jenkins and HJ. MacIsaac. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 48:1701-1710. PDF

18. Microhabitat selection by the amphipods Echinogammarus ischnus and Gammarus fasciatus in laboratory and field experiments. 2003. van Overdijk, C.D.A., I.A. Grigorovich, T. Mabee, W.J. Ray, J.J.H. Ciborowski and H.J. MacIsaac. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 48:567-587. PDF

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

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

15. Patterns and mechanisms of aquatic invertebrate introductions in the Ponto-Caspian region. 2002. Grigorovich, I.A., H.J. MacIsaac, N.V. Shadrin and E.L. Mills.  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 59: 1189-1208. PDF

14. Range expansion of the exotic zooplankter Cercopagis pengoi in the Great Lakes. 2002. Therriault, T.W.,  I.A. Grigorovich,  D.D. Kane, E.M. Haas, D.A. Culver and H.J. MacIsaac. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH 28:698-701. PDF

13. Modeling ships’ ballast water as invasion threats to the Great Lakes. 2002. MacIsaac, H.J., T.C. Robbins and M.A. Lewis.  CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES 59:1245-1256.  PDF

12. Taxonomic resolution of the genus Bythotrephes Leydig using molecular markers and re-evaluation of its global distribution. 2002. Therriault, T.W.,  I.A. Grigorovich, M.E. Cristescu, H.A.M. Ketelaars, M. Viljanen, D.D. Heath, and H.J. MacIsaac. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS 8:67-84. PDF

11. Identification of a source and erosion of founder effects in an exotic species. 2002. Berg, D., D.W. Garton, H.J. MacIsaac, V. Panov and I. Telesh. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 47:275-282.  PDF

10. An invasion history for Cercopagis pengoi based on mitochondrial gene sequences. 2001. Cristescu, M., J. Witt, P. Hebert, I.A. Grigorovich and H.J. MacIsaac. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 46: 224-229. PDF

9. Distribution, fecundity, and genetics of Cercopagis pengoi (Ostroumov) (Crustacea, Cladocera) in Lake Ontario. 2001. Joseph C. Makarewicz, I.A. Grigorovich, E. Mills, E. Damaske, M.E. Cristescu, W. Pearsall, M.J. LaVoie, R. Keats, L. Rudstam, P Hebert, H. Halbritter, T. Kelly, C. Matkovich, and H. J. MacIsaac. JOURNAL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH 27:19-32. PDF

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

7. Reassessment of species invasions concepts: the Great Lakes basin as an example. 2001. MacIsaac, H.J., I.A. Grigorovich and A. Ricciardi. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS 3: 405-416. PDF

6. Acineta nitocrae: A new suctorian epizoic on Nitocra hibernica from Lake Erie. 2001. Grigorovich, I.A., Dovgal, I.V. and H.J. MacIsaac. ARCHIV FUR HYDROBIOLOGIE 152: 161-176.  

5. Recent mass invasion of the North American Great Lakes by Ponto-Caspian species. 2000. Ricciardi, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 15:62-65. PDF

4. Fouling mussels (Dreissena) colonize soft sediments in Lake Erie and facilitate benthic invertebrates. 2000. Bially, A. and H.J. MacIsaac. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY 43: 85-98. PDF

3. Modeling Bythotrephes longimanus invasions in the Great Lakes basin based on its European distribution. 2000. MacIsaac, H.J., H.A.M. Ketelaars, I.A. Grigorovich, C. Ramcharan and N.D. Yan. ARCHIV FUR HYDROBIOLOGIE 149:1-21. PDF

2. Comparative biology of the Ponto-Caspian cladoceran Cercopagis pengoi from Lake Ontario, Baltic Sea and Caspian Lake.  2000. Grigorovich, I.A., H.J. MacIsaac, I.K. Rivier, N.V. Aladin and V.E. Panov. ARCHIV FUR HYRDOBIOLOGIE 149:23-50. PDF

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

Papers older than 2000 are not listed here but are usually available from H. MacIsaac,  upon email request.