GLANSIS Risk Explorer

Session: Invasive Species (1)

Rochelle Sturtevant, GLERL/NOAA, Sea Grant Extension, rochelle.sturtevant@noaa.gov
Joeseph Smith, Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, joeseph.smith@noaa.gov
Felix Martinez, NOAA/National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, felix.martinez@noaa.gov
Doran Mason, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab, Doran.Mason@noaa.gov
Ed Rutherford, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, ed.rutherford@noaa.gov
Cecilia Weibert, Great Lakes Commission, cweibert@glc.org

Abstract

The Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System (GLANSIS) is a robust NOAA-led inter-agency database funded by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative featuring comprehensive information on identification, ecology, management, and distributions of aquatic nonindigenous species throughout the Great Lakes region. The Risk Assessment committee of the Great Lakes Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species identified a regional need for a more organized way to share information on risk assessments relevant to the region – including both published, grey and unpublished assessments. In partnership with the Great Lakes Commission, the GLANSIS team has developed a prototype risk assessment clearinghouse (www.glerl.noaa.gov/glansis/riskAssessment.html) providing advanced bibliographic searching (powered by the USGS NAS database), tabular comparison of major methodologies in use in the region, and direct access to risk assessment results searchable by species and other key elements of the assessment.  This third component, dubbed the ‘Risk Explorer’ was launched in fall 2018 with a core set of >300 individual assessments.  Additional assessments are being added as quickly as possible.