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1. Algae

1-a. Edelstein, T., M. Greenwell, C.J. Bird, and J. McLachlan.  1972.  Investigations of the Marine Algae of Nova Scotia.  X. Distribution of Fucus serratus.  L. and Some Other Species of Fucus in the Maritime Provinces.  Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 27:  33-42.


1-b. Fralick, R. A. and A. C. Mathieson.  1973.  Ecological Studies of Codium fragile in New England, USA.  Marine Biology 19:  127-132.


1-c. Lamb, I.M., Zimmermann, M.H., and Web, E.E.  1977.  Artificial Key to the Common Marine Algae of New England North of Cape Cod.  The President of Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts.  (2)


1-d. Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History.  Algae.  Natural History of Nova Scotia 1:  208-213.  (2)


1-e. Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council.  2004.  Non-indigenous Aquatic Species of Concern for Alaska :  Dead Man’s Fingers.


Unknown Sources:

1-f. The Wonderful World of Algae.

 

 

2. Ascidians and Bryozoans

2-a. Bullard, S.G. and R.B. Whitlatch.  2004.  A Guide to the Larval and Juvenile Stages of Common Long Island Sound Ascidians and Bryozoans.  University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut.  (2)


2-b. Cloney, R.A., C.M. Young, and I. Svane.  2006.  Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae.  Elsevier, Burlington, Massachusetts.


2-c. Lock, J., Jones, M., and Rawlings, T. 2008.  Ascidian Identification Guide.  Unpublished report. Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia.


2-d. Saunders, M. and A. Metaxas.  2007.  Temperature explains settlement patterns of the introduced bryozoan Membranipora membranacea in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 344:  95-106.

 

 

3. Bras d’Or Lakes Ecology

3-a. Fournier, J. A. and P. Pocklington.  1984.  The sublittoral polychaete fauna of the Bras d’Or lakes, Nova Scotia, Canada.  Proceedings of the First International Polychaete Conference.  254-278.


3-b. Petrie, B., J. Raymond, G. Bugden, P.M. Strain, P.A. Yeats, T.C. Lambert, M.J. Tremblay, J. Shaw, D.J.W. Piper, and R.B. Taylor. 2002. Proceedings of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science. Dalhousie Printing Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia.


3-c. Petrie, B. and G. Bugden.  2002.  The Physical Oceanography of the Bras d’Or Lakes.  Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 42:  9-33.


3-d. Petrie and Raymond.  2002.  The Oceanography of the Bras d’Or Lakes:  General Information.  Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 42:  1-8.


3-e. Strain, P.M. and P.A. Yetes.  2002.  The Chemical Oceanography of the Bras d’Or Lakes.  Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science 42:  37-64.

 

4. Caprellids

4-a. Cook, E., K. Willis, and G. Ashton. Population Dynamics and Development of an Invasive Caprellid Amphipod-Caprella mutica. 13th International Conference of Aquatic Invasive Species.


4-b. Willis, K.J., E.J. Cook, M. Lozano-Fernandez, and I. Takeuchi. 2004. First record of the alien caprellid amphipod, Caprella mutica, for the UK. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84: 1027-1028.


Unknown Sources:

4-c. Caprellid Morphology Information 1 - Pictoral (2 pages)


4-d. Caprellid Morphology Information 2 - Pictoral (3 pages)

 

5. Decapod Crustaceans: General Information

5-a. Crothers, J.H. 1970.The Distribution of Crabs on Rocky Shores around the Dale Peninsula. Fld Stud. 3: 263-274.


5-b. Forward,  R.B., R.A. Tankersley, and D. Rittschof. 2001. Cues for Metamorphosis of Brachyuran Crabs: An Overview. American Zoologist 41: 1108-1122.


5-c. Gonzalez-Ortegon, E. and J.A. Cuesta.  2006.  An illustrated key to species of Palaemon and Palaemonetes (Crustacea: Decopoda: Karidea) from European waters, including the alien species Palaemon macrodactylus.  J. Mard. Biol. Ass. U.K. 86:  93-102.


5-d. Hanfling, B. and D. Weetman. 2003. Characterization of microsatellite loci for the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis. Molecular Ecology Notes3: 15-17.


5-e. Iglay, R.B. 2005. Patterns of larval release by the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan): periodicity at diel and tidal frequencies. Journal of Shellfish Research.


5-f. Kraemer, J.P., M. Sellberg, A. Gordon, and J. Main. 2007. Eight-year Record of Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian Shore Crab) Invasion in Western Long Island Sound Estuary. Northeastern Naturalist 14(2): 207-224.


5-g. Lambert, S.D., D.F. McAlpine, and A. Habda.  2007.  First Establishment of an Invasive Crayfish, Orconectes limosus (Rafinesque, 1817) (Decopoda, Cambaridae) in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Crustaceana 80 (10): 1265-1270.


5-h. Lock, J., Jones, M., and Rawlings, T. 2008.  Identification Guide for the larval stages of Invasive/Native Crab Species of Cape Breton.  Unpublished report. Cape Breton University, Sydney, Nova Scotia.  (2)


5-i. Moksnes, P. and H. Wennhage.  2001.  Methods for estimating decopod larval supply and settlement:  importance of larval behaviour and development stage.  Marine Ecology Progress Series 209:  257-273.  (2)


5-j. Nizinski, M.S.  2003.  Annotated checklist of decopod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 (1):  96-157.  (2)


5-k. Phillips, B.F., Y.W. Cheng, C. Cox, J. Hunt, N.K. Jue, R. Melville-Smith. 2005. Comparison of the catches on two types of collector of recently settled stages of the spiny lobster (Panulirus argus), Florida, United States, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39: 715-722.


5-l. Roff, J.C., K.G. Davidson, G. Pohle, M.J. Dadswell. 1984. A Guide to the Marine Flora and Fauna of the Bay of Fundy and Scotian Shelf: Larval Decapoda: Brachyura. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1322: 1-52.


5-m. Squires, H.J.  1990.  Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic Coast of Canada.  Can. Bull. Fish. Aquat. Sei.  221:  532 p.

5-n. Welch, J.M., D. Rittschof, T.M. Bullock, R.B. Forward. 1997. Effects of chemical cues on settlement behaviour of blue crab Callinectes sapidus postlarvae. Marine Ecology Press Series 154: 143-153.


5-o. Williams, A.B.  1974.  Marine Flora and Fauna of the North Eastern United States.  Crustacean:  Decapoda.   National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration: Technical Report, National Marine Fisheries Services CIRC 389:  1-6.


Unknown Sources:

5-p.        Morphology/key to Crustaceans

 

6. Fishes

6-a. Faulds, A.  Meet the Flathead Catfish-Recently Introduced to the Delaware River Watershed.  Species Specific 12 (2):  8.


6-b. Fuller, P.L., L.G. Niko, and J.D. Williams.  1999.  Non-Indigenous Fishes Introduced into Inland Waters of the United States.  U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Recourses Division, Florida Caribbean Science Center, Gainesville, Florida.  Pg. 325-589.


Other Sources:

6-c.Identification Guide for Fish: as set out in the Comprehensive Assessment and Monitoring Program (CAMP)

 

7. Green Crabs

7-a. Amaral, V., J. Paula. 2007. Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Brachyura): Influence of artificial substrate type and patchiness on estimation of megalopae settlement. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 346: 21-27.


7-b. Audet, D., D.S. Davis, G. Miron, M. Moriyasu, K. Benhalima, and R. Campbell. 2003. Geographical expansion of a nonindigenous crab, Carcinus maenas (L.) along the Nova Scotian shore into the southeastern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada. Journal of Shellfish Research 22(1): 255-262. (2)


7-c. Berrill, M. 1982. The life cycle of the green crab Carcinus maenas at the northern end of its range. Journal of Crustacean Biology 2(1): 31-39. (2)


7-d. Cameron, B. and A. Metaxas. 2005. Invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas, on the Atlantic coast and in the Bras d’or Lakes of Nova Scotia, Canada: larval supply and recruitment. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 85: 47-855. (2)


7-e. Crothers, J.H. 1968.The Biology of the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas (L.). Field Studies 2(5): 579-614.


7-f. Eales, A.J. 1974. Sex Pheromone in the Shore Crab Carcinus maenas, and the Site of its Release from Females. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 2: 345-355.


7-g. Grosholz, E.D. and J.M. Ruiz. 1995. Spread and potential impact of the recently introduced European green crab, Carcinus maenas, in central California. Marine Biology 122: 239-247.


7-h. Holmes, D. 2001. The Green Crab Invasion: A Global Perspective, with Lessons from Washington State. Washington State University, Olympia, Washington.


7-i. Jensen, G.C., P.S. McDonald, D.A. Armstrong. 2007. Biotic resistance to green crab, Carcinus maenas, in California Bays. Mar Biol 151: 2231-2243.


7-j. Jensen, G.C., P.S. McDonald, D.A. Armstrong. 2002. East meets west: competitive interaction between green crab Carcinus maenas, and native and introduced shore crab Hemigrapsus spp. Marine Biology Press Series 225: 251-262.


7-k. McKnight, A., L.M. Mathews, R. Avery, and K.T. Lee. 2000. Distribution is correlated with color phase in green crabs, Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) in Southern New England. Crustaceana 73(6): 763-768.


7-l. NIMPIS (2002). Carcinus maenas species summary. National Introduced Marine Pest Information System (Eds: Hewitt C.L., Martin R.B., Silwa C., McEnnulty F.R., Murphy N.E., Jones T. and Cooper S.) Web publication http://crimp.marine.csiro.au/nimpis, Date of access: 23-Aug-2006.


7-m. Paula, J., I.C. Silva, S.M. Francisco and A.A.V. Flores. 2006. The use of artificial benthic collectors for assessment of spatial patterns of the settlement of megalopae of Carcinus maenas (L.) (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the lower Mira Estuary, Portugal. Hydrobiologia 557: 69-77.


7-n. Roman, J. 2006. Diluting the founder effect: cryptic invasions expand a marine invader’s range. Proceedings of the Royal Society.


7-o. Ropes, J.W.. 1968. The feeding habits of the green crab, Carcinus maenas (L.). Fishery Bulletin 76(2): 183-203


7-p. Smith, L.D. 2004. Biogeographic differences in claw size and performance in an introduced crab predator Carcinus maenas. Marine Biology Press Series 276: 209-222.


7-q. Todd, P.A., R.A. Briers, R.A. Ladle, and F. Middleton. 2006. Phenotype-environment matching in the shore crab (Carcinus maenas). Marine Biology 148: 1357-1367.


7-r. Towle, D.W. and C.M. Smith. 2006. Gene discovery in Cacinus maenas and Homarus americanus via expressed sequence tags. Integrative and Comparative Biology 46(6): 912-918.


7-s. Tremblay, M.J., A. Thompson, and K. Paul. 2006. Recent trend in the abundance of the invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) in Bras d’or Lakes and Eastern Nova Scotia on trap surveys. The Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2672.

 

8. Insects

8-a. Kimoto, T., M. Duthie-Holt, and L. Dumouchel. 2006. Exotic Forest Insect Guide. Government of Canada.

 

9. Invasive Species: General

9-a. Grosholz, E. 2002. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of coastal invasions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution : 17(1): 22-27.


9-b. Lockwood, J.L.. P. Cassey, and T. Blackburn. 2005. The role of propagule pressure in explaining species invasions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20(5).


9-c. Miura, O. 2007. Molecular Genetic approaches to elucidate the ecological and evolutionary issues associated with biological invasions. Ecol Res 22: 873-883.


9-d. Stapleton, C.A., D.B. McCorquodale, C. Sneddon, M. Wiilliams, and J. Bridgland. 1998. The Distribution and Potention Invasiveness of Some Non-native Vascular Plants in Northern Cape Breton. Parks Canada Technical Reports in Ecosystem Science. Report 015.


Other Sources:

9-e. Identification Guide for Selected Marine Non-native Species.  Document produced by The Marine Life Information network for Britain and Ireland.  Available online at: www.marlin.ac.uk/marine_aliens


9-f. Guide to Marine invaders in the Gulf of Maine Fact Sheets for: European Sea Squirt – Ascidiella aspersa (3), Compound Sea Squirt  - Diplosoma listerianum (3), European Green Crab – Carcinus maenas (2), Red Algae – Grateloupia turuturu (1), Lacy Crust Bryozoan – Membranipora membranacea (1), Dead man’s Fingers – Codium fragile (1)

 

10. Marine Animals: General

10-a. Strathmann, M.F. 1987. Reproduction and Development of Marine Invertebrates of the Northern Pacific Coast. University of Washington Press, Seattle and London.


Other Sources:

10-b. Critter cards produced by Project UFO – Identification card for many marine species found on our local beaches.


10-c. National Geographic. 1992. 182(1): 1-140. 

– Relevant Articles: America’s Third Ocean by D.B. Lee, Pillar of Life by G. Grall

 

11. Nematodes

11-a. Anderson, R.C. 2000. Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates: Their Development and Transition, 2nd ed. CABI Publishing, New York, New York.


11-b. Crean, S.R., J.T.A. Dick, D.W. Evans, R.W. Elwood, and R.S. Rosell. 2003. Anal redness in European eels as an indicator of infection by the swimbladder nematode Anguillicola crassus. Journal of Fish Biology 62: 482-485.


11-c. Kelly, C.E., C.R. Kennedy, and J.A. Brown. 2000. Physiological status of wild European eels (Anguilla anguilla) infected with the parasitic nematode Anguillicola crassus. Parasitology 120: 195-202.


11-d. Moravec, F. 1994. Parasitic Nematodes of Freshwater Fishes of Europe. Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Kulwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, Massachusetts.


11-e. Nimeth, K., P. Zwerger, J. Wurtz, W. Salvenmoser, and B. Helster. 2000. Infection of the glass eel swimbladder with the nematode Anguillicola crassus. Parasitology 121: 75-83.


11-f. Sullivan, M.C. and K.W. Able. 2001. Artificial habitat collector design for young-of-the-year American eel (Anguilla rostrata) glass eels and elvers. 

 

 

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