Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection and Monitoring Framework

Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection and Monitoring Framework
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The Great Lakes Early Detection and Monitoring Framework  is a broad-spectrum surveillance program intended to provide decision makers with timely information regarding new AIS so that rapid risk assessments and rapid response planning can be completed while populations are small and localized. This Framework  describes a process to optimize and implement sampling strategies in selected high-priority locations across the Great Lakes Basin to maximize the probability of detecting newly introduced AIS and expansions of currently present AIS. The process described in this Framework was conceived with the goal of detecting non-native fishes, however many facets of this Framework will be incorporated into a future sampling strategy for benthic macroinvertebrates.

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The Great Lakes Aquatic Invasive Species Early Detection and Monitoring Program is part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative’s efforts to protect and restore the Great Lakes from aquatic invasive species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in collaboration with partners, leads and implements...
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