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1. Public perspectives on genetic biocontrol technologies for controlling invasive fish

Author:
Leah M. Sharpe
Source:
Biological invasions 2014 v.16 no.6 pp. 1241-1256
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
attitudes and opinions; biological control; cost benefit analysis; environmental impact; focus groups; invasive species; lakes; researchers; risk assessment; stakeholders; Great Lakes; United States
Abstract:
... Understanding people’s knowledge, attitudes, and concerns about genetic biocontrol can help researchers understand the challenges and opportunities that may be encountered during development of these technologies. This study conducted eight focus groups in the United States Great Lakes and Lake Champlain region to assess different stakeholders’ views about genetic biocontrol technology, factors af ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-013-0545-5

2. Understanding ecosystem services adoption by natural resource managers and research ecologists

Author:
Daniel D. Engel; Mary Anne Evans; Bobbi S. Low; Jeff Schaeffer
Source:
Journal of Great Lakes research 2017 v.43 no.3 pp. 169-179
ISSN:
0380-1330
Subject:
United States Geological Survey; biological control; decision making; ecologists; economists; ecosystem services; habitats; information management; interviews; natural resource management; primary productivity; recreation; resource management; surveys; tourism; Great Lakes; Great Lakes region; United States
Abstract:
... The ecosystem services (ES) paradigm has gained much traction as a natural resource management approach due to its comprehensive nature and ability to provide quantitative tools to improve decision-making. However, it is still uncertain whether and how practitioners have adopted the ES paradigm into their work and how this aligns with resource management information needs. To address this, we surv ...
DOI:
10.1016/j.jglr.2017.01.005

3. Perception of Asian carp as a possible food source among Missouri anglers

Author:
Mark Morgan; Yun Ho
Source:
Human dimensions of wildlife 2018 v.23 no.5 pp. 491-498
ISSN:
1533-158X
Subject:
Americans (United States); Hypophthalmichthys molitrix; Hypophthalmichthys nobilis; biological control; carp; education programs; fishermen; humans; marketing; public opinion; questionnaires; taste; water quality; watersheds; China; Great Lakes; Mississippi River; Missouri
Abstract:
... Silver and bighead carps were imported from China to the United States in the 1970s as a biological control mechanism for improving water quality. After escaping captivity, both species spread into the Mississippi River Basin and now threaten to enter the Great Lakes. Human consumption is one solution, but many Americans believe that carp is unsavory. A random sample of 2,000 licensed anglers in M ...
DOI:
10.1080/10871209.2018.1485990

4. Evaluating active genetic options for the control of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Author:
Ronald E. Thresher; Michael Jones; D. Andrew R. Drake
Source:
Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences 2019 v.76 no.7 pp. 1186-1202
ISSN:
1205-7533
Subject:
Petromyzon marinus; biological control; fisheries; invasive species; prey species; research and development; risk; sex ratio; stakeholders; sterilizing; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... For more than two decades the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has sought tactics to complement, and potentially replace, the use of barriers and lampricides to control sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes, but thus far without success. This paper examines the potential of modern genetic technology to suppress these invasive populations. We identified six recombinant options that appe ...
DOI:
10.1139/cjfas-2018-0153

5. Stakeholder attitudes towards the use of recombinant technology to manage the impact of an invasive species: Sea Lamprey in the North American Great Lakes

Author:
Ronald E. Thresher; Michael Jones; D. Andrew R. Drake
Source:
Biological invasions 2019 v.21 no.2 pp. 575-586
ISSN:
1387-3547
Subject:
Culicidae; Petromyzon marinus; attitudes and opinions; biological control; biotechnology; ecological invasion; ethics; fisheries; genetics; invasive species; research and development; risk; stakeholders; surveys; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Several factors, including: (1) on-going difficulties of cost-effectively managing invasive species; (2) recent successes in using recombinant genetics to suppress mosquito populations; and, (3) developments in gene-drive technology, have re-invigorated interest in using genetic biotechnology to manage the impacts of invasive species. However, the extent to which there is ‘social license’ to devel ...
DOI:
10.1007/s10530-018-1848-3

6. Laboratory Feeding Preferences of Three Larinus Weevil Species on a Threatened Thistle and a Co- occurring Invasive Knapweed: Implications for Host Choice and Conservation

Author:
Christopher R. Warneke; Pati Vitt; Kayri Havens
Source:
American midland naturalist 2020 v.183 no.2 pp. 164-179
ISSN:
0003-0031
Subject:
Centaurea stoebe subsp. micranthos; Centaurea stoebe subsp. stoebe; Cirsium arvense; Larinus minutus; Larinus planus; adverse effects; biodiversity; biological control; dunes; feeding preferences; host preferences; hosts; imagos; indigenous species; introduced species; invasive species; laboratory experimentation; nontarget organisms; plants (botany); population dynamics; risk; threatened species; Great Lakes
Abstract:
... Nonnative invasive species are a threat to biodiversity worldwide. One common method for invasive species management is biological control (biocontrol). However, biocontrol can have unanticipated nontarget effects on native species. Cirsium pitcheri (Pitcher's thistle) is a federally threatened plant endemic to the Great Lakes dunes. Unfortunately, a formerly-recommended biocontrol weevil (Larinus ...
DOI:
10.1637/0003-0031-183.2.164