Aquatic Invasive Species Fact Sheets
Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) are non-native plants, animals, or pathogens that cause harm to the environment, the economy, native species, and human or animal health. Preventing their spread is important because once introduced, these species disrupt ecosystems, reduce biodiversity, and cost communities huge amounts of time, money, resources, and lost revenue.
Pennsylvania Sea Grant has developed fact sheets to share information about specific species types and the threats they pose. We’ve also developed tip sheets to help stop the spread of AIS based on common activities.
Fact sheets are organized alphabetically by category. The content for each fact sheet is available as a web page and many are available as downloadable PDF’s. All fact sheets are being redesigned to meet accessibility standards and will be available as soon as possible.
