The Non-Indigenous Aquatic Species Database Working Group (NIASDWG) coordinates cross-agency efforts relating to federally-sponsored aquatic nonindigenous species databases to promote greater efficacy in communication of aquatic nonindigenous species related data and greater efficiency of database management.

Goals:

  1. To serve as a directory for NIASDWG databases, delineating missions in a way which allows the user to more easily select the database(s) which meets the user's information needs.
  2. To provide access to the cross-database search capacities provided by NISbase.
  3. To provide access to individual databases with their individually more detailed search capacities.
Ballast Water Reference Projects & People Species and Life history

 

If seeking Ballast Water information - National Ballast Information Clearinghouse (NBIC)- specializes on National issues

If seeking Reference materials;

National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse Sea Grant Nonindigenous Species  

 

If seeking  Projects or People information;

To search for in depth information from specialty databases  - Nonindigenous Species Research Database (NISbase-Research) - this site is designed to search the government Aquatic Invasive Research databases listed below and provide you with summaries from these collective resources.

Aquatic Invasions Research Directory   Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Research Inventory

 

If seeking Species and Life history information;

To search for in depth information from specialty databases  - Nonindigenous Species Database (NISbase) - this site is designed to search the government Aquatic Invasive Species databases listed below and provide you with full history summaries from these collective resources.

  • The Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System serves as a Great Lakes node for and is a subset of the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database developed in cooperation with NOAA.  (GLANSIS)

 

 National Exotic Marine and Estuarine Species Information System USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species

 

For Additional Information - Contact Rochelle Sturtevant