[APWG] Fw: Photos for Field Guide

[Jil_Swearingen at nps.gov]

Hi,

If you are interested in contributing photographs, please contact Cameron
Proctor at cameron_proctor at ofah.org

Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested. Deadline is
fast approaching.

Thank you,

Jil
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To Jil M. Swearingen

The Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (OMNR), in association with the
Ontario Federation of Angler’s and Hunters(OFAH) and other important
partners, is developing a field guide of aquatic invasive species (AIS) in
Ontario waters. We are calling upon experts, such as yourselves whom may
have access to high-resolutions photographs (entire organism and close-ups
of diagnostic/important features) and/or labeled diagrams of the species
indicated below for use in the field guide. We are hoping you could provide
us with these images and would greatly appreciate permission to use them in
the field guide. We are currently seeking images for 12 species of
invertebrates and 20 species of plants which are listed below.

The purpose of this field guide is to provide a user-friendly, albeit
technical, information tool for professionals working in the field, e.g.,
aquatic biologists, researchers, resource managers, field staff,
enforcement, etc. to help in identification of AIS (plants, invertebrates,
fish) currently in our waters or which have a high likelihood of invading
our waters, as well as to provide a basic procedure to follow when a new
species is detected, involving what information to collect and who to
contact to report findings (i.e., in Ontario the OMNR-OFAH Invading Species
Hotline) If you know of someone who you feel would be a good source of
photographs, we encourage you to forward this message along, with a cc to
myself.

We are seeking these images or permission by the second week of April. Our
aim is to have this field guide finalized and printed in time for the
upcoming 2007 field season. Also, would you mind sending a quick email
reply
back to let me know whether you can help, or if I should seek another
contact for this request?

Thank you very much for your time. We look forward to your participation.

Cheers

Cameron Proctor

GIS Project Specialist

Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters

705-748-6324 x. 247

cameron_proctor at ofah.org

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Plant species List

Currently in Ontario

Parrot feather water-milfoil        Myriophyllum aquaticum
Eurasian water-milfoil              Myriophyllum spicatum
Fanwort                             Cabomba caroliniana
European Frog-bit                   Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Purple loosestrife                  Lythrum salicaria
Curly-leaf pondweed                 Potamogeton crispus
Flowering rush                      Butomus umbellatus
Yellow flag/iris                    Iris pseudacorus
Common reed grass/ Phragmites       Phragmites australis
Reed sweet grass/mannagrass         Glyceria maxima (syn. aquatica)
European lake sedge                 Carex acutiformis
Yellow floating heart               Nymphoides peltata
Water lettuce                       Pistia stratiotes

Not In Ontario

Hydrilla / Water thyme              Hydrilla verticillata
European water chestnut             Trapa natans
Mosquito fern/ ferny azolla         Azolla pinnata
Brazilian waterweed                 Egeria densa
Water Hyacinth                      Eichhornia crassipes
Eared watermoss                     Salvinia auriculata
Giant salvinia                      Salvinia molesta

Invertebrate Species List

Currently in Ontario

Asiatic clam                        Corbicula fluminea
Zebra mussel                        Dreissena polymorpha
Quagga mussel                       Dreissena bugensis
Gammarid                            Echinogammarus ischnus
Chinese mysterysnail                Cipangopaludina chinensis
Banded mysterysnail                 Viviparus georgianus
Rusty crayfish                      Orconectes rusticus
Spiny water flea                    Bythotrephes longimanu
Fishhook water flea                 Cercopagis pengoi
Bloody Red Mysid                    Hemimysis anomala

Not yet in Ontario

New Zealand mudsnail                Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Channeled apple snail               Pomacea canaliculata
Didyo / Rock snot                   Didymosphenia geminata
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