Connecticut River Hydrilla Project
The Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species (NEANS) Panel coordinates an effort to monitor, remove, and manage hydrilla in the Connecticut River. Partners include
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Connecticut River Conservancy
Connecticut Sea Grant
Lower Connecticut River Valley Council of Governments
Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel
US Army Corps of Engineers demonstration project
US Army Corps of Engineers storymap
Plans
Reports
- Connecticut River Aquatic Invasives Hydrilla Management Collaborative, CTRCD, Executive Summary, January 2021
- Connecticut River Gateway Conservation Zone Invasive Aquatic Vegetation Survey Aquatic plant management options, CAES with funding from the Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel from its funds through the US Fish and Wildlife Service, 2019
- Mapping of Invasive Aquatic Species in the Connecticut River with a focus on Hydrilla verticillata and Trapa natans, Agawan to Turners Falls, MA, March 2019, GZA for MA Department of Conservation & Recreation Lakes & Ponds Program
- NEANS Panel hydrilla social marketing 2006
- Hydrilla Early DetectionRapid Response Survey 2008
Websites
US Army Corps of Engineers Connecticut River Hydrilla
Research papers
- Avian vacuolar myelinopathy linked to exotic aquatic plants and a novel cyanobacterial species. Environmental Toxicology 20:348-353. Wilde, S., T.M. Murphy, C.P. Hope, S.K. Habrun, J. Kempton, A. Birrenkott, F. Wiley, W.W. Bowerman, and A.J. Lewitus. 2005. https://doi.org/10.1002/tox.20111
- Environmental factors influencing blooms of a neurotoxic Stigonematalan cyanobacterium responsible for avian vacuolar myelinopathy. Aquatic Nuisance Species Research Program, Vicksburg, MS.Wilde, S.B., R.S. Haynie, J.A. Herrin, M.W. Hook, J. Kupfer, and M.D. Netherland. 2013. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/ADA574373
- Aetokthonos hydrillicola gen. et sp. nov.: Epiphytic cyanobacteria on invasive aquatic plants implicated in Avian Vacuolar Myelinopathy. Phytotaxa 181(5):243-260. Wilde, S.B, J.R. Johansen, H.D. Wilde, P. Jiang, B.A. Bartelme, and R.S. Haynie. 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.181.5.1
- NEANS Panel Monoecious Hydrilla A Review of the Literature 2013
- Evidence for a genetically distinct strain of introduced hydrilla verticillata (hydrocharitaceae) in North American Tippery et al 2020
Monitoring resources
Other resources
Maps
Media coverage
Outreach
- Invading the Connecticut River: the spread of Hydrilla (video)
- Invading the Connecticut River: the spread of Hydrilla (video trailer)
- Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel Hydrilla Connecticut River Card
- Northeast Aquatic Nuisance Species Panel Hydrilla Connecticut River Sign
- Connecticut River (State of Connecticut) Hydrilla Survey map (link)
- Hydrilla Watch Card (English) (517K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Watch Card (French) (333K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Watch Card (81K, pdf)
How do I get involved?
Initiative Pilot Resources (archive)
- Hydrilla Literature Search 12.31.12 (998 K, pdf) and Cited Articles and Abstracts 12.31.12 (449K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Literature Search December 14, 2012 presentation (6M, pdf) and conference call recording (right click on link to save the 84M, mp2 file)
- Community Based Social Marketing approach to Hydrilla, November 2006 workshop report (213K, pdf)
- HIP (Hydrilla) Workplan (152K, pdf)
- Early Detection /Rapid Response Survey annotated worksheet (65K, pdf)
- Context document for the Response Survey worksheet (50K, pdf)
- Hydrilla Profile Page