Spoiler Alert: This is Not Fine

What are the aquatic invasive species that Great Lakes experts wish you knew more about? Megan and Carolyn discuss with TMATGL all-stars El Lower, Katie O'Reilly, and Brian Roth.

Links:

• Past episodes featuring today's guests 13: It Smells Like Science, 27: The Claws Have the Sweetest Meat, 46: It's All Stuff That I've Eaten, Teach Me About the Great Lakes | 55: Ask Dr. Fish, Ask Dr. Fish, Teach Me About the Great Lakes | A Really Nice Thickness of Cheese
• Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) 
• New state-record flathead catfish weighs in above 64 pounds 
• Marmorkrebs (Procambarus virginalis)
• Marbled crayfish becomes plentiful species thanks to genetic mutation  
• Marbled crayfish raises eyebrows, and concerns | Great Lakes Now  
• Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 
• Keep, Cool, Call: What to do if you capture a black carp 
• Lake Michigan Quagga Mussel Density 
• Signal crayfish | Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
• New invasive crayfish found in Minnesota | UMN Extension  
• Research reveals hope for managing invasive red swamp crayfish | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 
• Invasive Crayfish Collaborative: Prevention, Regulations
• National Invasive Species Awareness Week: Water hyacinth - MSU Extension
• Article: Pretty but problematic: Aquatic plants to avoid   
• GLANSIS: NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory - Ann Arbor, MI, USA 
• Invasive water hyacinths are effective at removing microplastics, study finds
• Starry Stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) | Minnesota DNR
• Grant supports educational resources for Chicago area boaters, harbormasters, shoreline property owners | Illinois  
• Ballast Water - Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System
• How Invasions Happen: Aquariums 
• Bellflower Restaurant
• The Bread Company
• Phở Số 1 
• Belle Isle Conservancy 
• Bradford Beach | Travel Wisconsin 
• Bellaire Chamber of Commerce 
• Honourable mentions for titles: These are not small fish; Catch ‘em and keep ‘em; Perpetual crayfish machine; It’s very, very pretty, it’s really hard to kill; If you’re not sure what it is, take it off your boat

Creators and Guests

Host

Carolyn Foley

Host

Megan Gunn

What is Teach Me About the Great Lakes?

A monthly podcast in which Stuart Carlton (a native New Orleanian) asks smart people to teach him about the Great Lakes. Co-hosted by the awesome staff at Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant.