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ALT You are cordially invited to be a GLANSIS Reviewer Who: Professional level experts in the field are invited to participate in a review process for the Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species Information System. What: The GLANSIS database provides information on exclusively aquatic nonindigenous species in the entire Laurentian Great Lakes region regardless of national or state-level boundaries. GLANSIS does not provide data on reptiles, amphibians, or waterfowl, since they spend substantial portions of their lives outside the water. The database also includes facultative wetland plants in its target species. GLANSIS formally requests your participation in an external review process that will assist in the publishing of risk and impact assessments as well as species profiles that appear in the GLANSIS database. Each assessment and profile document follows a rigorous review process requiring two external reviews by subject matter experts before being published on the GLANSIS website.
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ALT In-person workshop participants gathered in Washington, D.C., for the two-day event.
ALT Participatory Science: Be a Mystery Snail Detective! Getting involved is easy and rewarding: Visit the Website: Navigate to our Contribute Mystery Snails landing page. Learn and Equip: Familiarize yourself with the characteristics of mystery snails through our species profiles. Gather necessary equipment and safety gear. Go Exploring: Head to your local lake or stream and start hunting for mystery snails. Check out our location map to see where populations have been documented and where samples are needed. Collect and Document: Carefully collect the snails, take photos, and note down important details such as location, date, and environmental conditions. Aim to collect a minimum of 30 adult snails from each independent water body. Submit Your Specimens: Ship your snails following the instructions listed in the ‘Shipping’ section of our webpage. Each submission brings us closer to unraveling the mystery of these invasive snails.
ALT Pie charts showing comparisons between all invasive species in GLANSIS and the top 10 species by a) continent of origin, b) taxonomic group, and c) vector of introduction.
ALT Figure 1 from the manuscript: a bar graph showing number of species assessed and their impact scores in GLANSIS.
ALT Header image from the Journal of Great Lakes Research.
