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2008

1/20/08 Online News Article
Quagga mussel threat puts focus on Lake Casitas by Zeke Barlow, Ventura County Star

2007

11/09/07 Magazine Article
Andrew Cohen: Mussel Bound by Eric Simons, California Magazine

10/25/07 News Article
Dogs sniff out tiny invaders that imperil pipelines
Detecting the mussels is vital to prevent water system breakdowns. by Ngoc Nguyen, Sacramento Bee

6/06/07 Online News Article
Invasion of the Bay Snatchers: Local scientists battle aquatic invaders that
quash biodiversity and threaten state coffers. East Bay Express

5/29/07 TV show
QUEST’s TV story, San Francisco Bay Invaders KQED

3/05/07 Newspaper Article
Wish You Weren't Here by Michelle Nijhius, High Country News

2/02/07 Newspaper Article
In Focus: Mussel Threatens State Waters. by Hilary Corrigan, The Daily Triplicate

1/20/07 Newspaper Article
Mussels risk to pipelines, delta Ecology by Glen Martin, SF Chronicle

2006

Winter 2005-06 Magazine article
Keepin Out Marine Hitchhikers by Hal Hughes, Coast & Ocean

9/08/06 Newspaper Article
State Seeking to Restrict Invasive Ocean Species by Denis Cuff, Media News

8/18/06 Radio Interview
San Francisco Threat: Big Oysters Invade Bay by Melissa Block, NPR

8/18/06 Newspaper Article
Biologist Discover giant exotic oysters in San Francisco Bay by Associated Press, Contra Costa Times

8/18/06 Newspaper Article
Mysterious oysters living in bay- Hundreds of alien bivalves removed in emergency project by Carl T. Hall, San Francisco Chronicle

2/05/06 Newspaper Article
The Great Invaders A new ecosystem is evolving in San Francisco Bay by Glen Martin, San Francisco Chronicle

2005

10/04/05 Newspaper article
Exotic invaders force dramatic action by Paul Rogers, Contra Costa Times

10/04/05 Newspaper article
Clams may be causing Delta species decline by Mike Taugher, Contra Costa Times

06/30/05 Newspaper article
Itch affects dozens at Alameda beach by Hanna Tamrat, Inside Bay Area

06/28/05 Newspaper article
Alameda beachgoers warned about rash of redness by Hanna Tamrat, Oakland Tribune

06/22/05 Newspaper article
Scientists track alien species infesting Bay, Delta by Mike Taugher, West County Times

2004

11/07/04 Newspaper article
Exotic grass attacks marshes, mudflats Invasive plant eliminates natives, threatening wildlife. by Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer

2001

11/09/01 Radio interview
Invasives NPR's Living on Earth transcript

06/08/01 Newspaper article
New Expansion Plans at the Port of Oakland by Bill O'Brien, On the Green Beat/East Bay Express

03/12/01 Newspaper article
Non-native grass threatens wetland by Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle

2000

12/18/00 Newspaper article
Invading Species Hit State and Nation Hard by Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times

10/10/00 Newspaper article
Scientists Battle Algae Invader by Hector Becerra, Los Angeles Times

08/04/00 Newspaper article
Invasive European Algae Threatens Pacific Coast by Kathleen Wong, Monterey County Herald

07/15/00 Magazine article
Ultimate Sea Weed Loose in America by Janet Raloff, Science News

1999

11/12/99 Radio interview
Combating Bio-Invaders NPR's Living on Earth

10/10/99 Newspaper article
California Attacks Alien Species by Jennifer Bowles, San Francisco Examiner

08/16/99 Newspaper article
Bioinvaders Proliferate in U.S. Waterways by A.J.S. Rayl, The Scientist

07/04/99 Newspaper article
The Menace of Waterborne Alien by Solveig Torvik, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

06/10/99 Internet article
At Work in the Mudflats by Glen Martin, San Francisco Chronicle

05/24/99 Internet article
They're hear, and they're taking over by Ellen Licking, Business Week

1998

10/26/98 Article
New non-native specieis invading Puget Sound by John Griffith, The Oregonian

10/26/98 Article
Unwelcome Sea Voyagers by Laura Tangley, U.S. News & World Report

10/23/98 Article
Scientists urge ban on import of sinister seaweed by Traci Watson, U.S.A Today

09/10/98 Article
S.F. Bay: Cleaner but Still a Ways to Go by Mary Curtius, Los Angeles Times

08/10/98 Magazine Article
Aliens Invade America! by Sharon Begley, Newsweek

07/13/98 Magazine Article
Marine Conservationists Win Fellowships by Environmental News Network, CNN.com

07/04/98 Internet Article
Rogue Algae by Janet Raloff, Science News Online

06/13/98 Internet Article
European Crab Leaps to Pacific Prominence by Janet Raloff, Science News Online

06/12/98 Newspaper Article
Shell of green crab found in Willapa by Newservice staff, Seattle Post

06/09/98 Newspaper Article
Destructive crab arrive in Willapa Bay by Ed Hunt, Chinook Observer

05/98 Internet Article
Non-native Species Invading San Francisco Bay at Increasing Rate by SeaWeb Ocean Update

03/18/98 Newspaper Article
Invasive mussel no threat in area waters, study says by John D. Cox, Sacramento Bee

02/18/98 Newspaper Article
Biological pollutants brought in by ships threaten local habitat by Jane Kay, San Francisco Examiner

01/23/98 Radio interview
Alien Species Invade San Francisco Bay by NPR's Talk of the Nation, Science Friday program

05/98 Newsletter ??
The potential distribution and abundance of zebra mussels in California by Anna Weinstein and Andrew Cohen, National Aquatic Nuisance Species Clearinghouse

1997

12/11/97 Newspaper article
Foreign organisms crowd out native species in SF Bay by Peter Fimrite, San Diego Daily Tribune

12/11/97 Newspaper article
Threat to bay marine life—Alien critters devouring food supply by Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle

09/02/97 Newspaper article
Warning Over Wild Abalone by Marilee Enge, San Jose Mercury News

08/27/97 Newspaper article
The return of the non-natives by Betsy Lordan, Monterey County Herald

08/21/97 Newspaper article
Parasite Worm Threatens Wild Coastal Abalone; Scientists Warn of Risk from Shellfish Farms by David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle

05/01/97 Internet article
Alien Species Have Escaped From Their Native Habitats and Hit California's Shores by Christopher Weir, MetroNews

04/11/97 Magazine article
Green Crabs Advance North by Science Magazine

1996

11/21/96 Internet article
Migration of Species Damaging U.S. Wildlife by Don Knapp, CNN.com

09/27/96 Internet article
Chinese crab clawing its way into trouble by Jim Nickles, The Record

09/17/96 Internet article
Aquatic Invaders: Exotic species turn SF Bay into ecological melting pot. by William K. Stevens, New York Times

08/20/96 Newspaper article
Bay Inhabitants are Mostly Aliens by William K. Stevens, New York Times

08/04/96 Newspaper article
Mitten crabs get claw-hold: Invader species to Delta levees. by Guy Kovner, The Press Democrat

06/11/96 Newspaper article
Chinese mitten crab inches towrd delta by Denise Cuff, Valley Times

03/29/96 Newspaper article
Consider the Dogfish Discovering the world beneath the bay. by Anelli Rufus, East Bay Express

96 Web Blog
UC Berkeley, U.S.G.S. Scientists Discover Microscopic Invader of San Francisco Bay, the First Known Marine Microbe Invader of U.S. Waters by University of California, Berkeley, ScienceBlog

1995

11/95 Magazine article
Chinese mitten crabs in North America by Andrew Cohen, Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest

11/95 Newsletter article
Intruders in the estuary by Andrew Cohen and James T. Carlton, Save San Francisco Bay Association

1994

11/30/94 Newspaper article
Dangerous crab found in SF Bay by Associated Press, Stockton Record

11/29/94 Newspaper article
Destructive crab found in SF Bay by Janet Rae-Dupree, San Jose Mercury News

11/29/94 Newspaper article
Pesky mitten crabs found in SF Bay by Jane Kay, San Francisco Examiner

11/29/94 Newspaper article
Scientists warn about bay invader by Michael McCabe, San Francisco Chronicle

11/29/94 Newspaper article
Crab season finally startes in SF by Steve Rubenstein, San Francisco Chronicle

1992

11/92 Magazine article
Weeding the Garden by Andrew Cohen, Atlantic Monthly