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Cohen, A. N., Weinstein, A. 2008. Exotic Oyster Survey, Removal and Research in San Francisco Bay: Annual Progress Report. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Zabin, C. J. 2007. Preventing the introduction of non-native species with imported oyster shell used for cultch in restoration projects: an inspection, and consideration of future protocols. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Moll, R., Carlton, J. T., O'Neil, Jr.,C. R., Anderson, L., Moyle, P. B. 2007. California's Response to the Zebra/Quagga Mussel Invasion in the West. Recommendations of the California Science Advisory Panel, for the California Incident Command (California Department of Fish and Game, California Department of Water Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Food and Agriculture, and California Department of Boating and Waterways). . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Cosentino-Manning, N., Schaeffer, K. 2007. Shellfish Beds in Report on the Subtidal Habitats and Associated Biological Taxa in San Francisco Bay. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service. Link
Cohen, A. N. 2007. Potential Distribution of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and Quagga Mussels (Dreissena bugensis) in California Phase 1 Report. A Report for the California Department of Fish and Game. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., J.T. Carlton 2007. Tanaidacea in The Light & Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates of the California and Oregon Coast.. University of California Press. HTML
Carlton, J. T., Cohen, A. N., J.T. Carlton 2007. Introduced Marine and Estuarine Invertebrates. University of California Press. HTML
Burkholder, J. M., Hallegraeff, G. M., Melia, G., Cohen, A. N., Bowers, H. A., Oldach, D. W., Parrowa, M. W., Sullivan, M. J., Zimba, P. V., Allen, E. H., Mallin, M. A. 2007. Phytoplankton and bacterial assemblages in ballast water of U.S. military ships as a function of port of origin, voyage time, and ocean exchange practices.. . PDF
Bullard, S. G., Lambert, G., Carman, M. R., Byrnes, J., Whitlatch, R. B., Ruiz, G., Miller, R. J., Harris, L., Valentine, P. C., Collie, J. S., Pederson, J., McNaught, D. C., Cohen, A. N., Asch, R. G., Dijkstra, J., Heinonen, K. 2007. The colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. A: Current distribution, basic biology, and potential threat to marine communities of the northeast and west coasts of North America. . PDF
Takekawa, J. Y., Woo, I., Spautz, H., Nur, N., Grenier, J. L., Malamud-Roam, K., Nordby, J. C., Cohen, A. N., Malamud-Roam, F., Wainwright-De La Cruz, S. E. 2006. Environmental threats to tidal marsh vertebrates of the San Francisco Bay Estuary. . PDF
Gollasch, S., Galil, B. S., Cohen, A. N. 2006. Bridging Divides: Maritime Canals as Invasion Corridors. Kluwer Academic Publishing. Link
Cohen, A. N., Zabin, C. J. 2006. Inspection for Live Marine Invertebrates in an Oyster Shell Pile at Drakes Bay Oyster Company. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Gollasch, S., Galil, B.S., Cohen, A.N. 2006. The Panama Canal: Species Introductions and the Panama Canal. Kluwer Academic Publishing. Link
Cohen, A. N., S. Gollasch, B.S. Galil, A.N. Cohen 2006. The Panama Canal: Cutting a canal through Central America. Kluwer Academic Publishing. Link
Holmes, M., Bolland, D., Cohen, A. N., Fox, A., Herod, J., Jennings, W., Moore, S., Newkirk, S., Ruiz, G., Simkanin, C., Talley, D., Ward, K. 2005. Ballast Water Discharge Standards: Report and Recommendation of the California Advisory Panel on Ballast Water Performance Standards.. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Harris, L., Bingham, B., Carlton, J., Chapman, J., Lambert, C., Lambert, G., Ljubenkov, J. C., Murray, S. N., Rao, L. C., Reardon, K., Schwindt, E. 2005. Rapid Assessment Survey for Exotic Organisms in Southern California Bays and Harbors, and Abundance in Port and Non-port Areas. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Chapman, J. W. 2005. Rapid Assessment Channel Survey for Exotic Species in San Francisco Bay - November 2005. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Calder, D. R., Carlton, J. T., Chapman, J. W., Harris, L. H., Kitayama, T., Lambert, C.C., Lambert, G., Piotrowski, C., Shouse, M., Solórzano, L. A. 2005. Rapid Assessment Shore Survey for Exotic Species in San Francisco Bay - May 2004. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 2005. Overview of 2004/05 Rapid Assessment Shore and Channel Surveys for Exotic Species in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., CA Department of Water Resources 2005. A review of Zebra Mussels' Environmental Requirements. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Moyle, P. B. 2004. Summary of data and analyses indicating that exotic species have impaired the beneficial uses of certain California waters. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 2004. An Exotic Species Detection Program for the Lower Columbia River Estuary. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 2004. An Exotic Species Detection Program for Puget Sound. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 2004. An Exotic Species Detection Program for Tillamook Bay. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 2004. Invasions in the sea. . PDF
May, M., Grosso, C. S., Collins, J. N. 2003. Practical Guidebook to the Control of Invasive Aquatic and Wetland Plants of the San Francisco Bay - Delta Region. San Francisco Estuary Institute. HTML
Cohen, A. N. 2003. On Mitten Crabs and Lung Flukes. . PDF
Carlton, J., Cohen, A. N. 2003. Episodic global dispersal in shallow water marine organisms: The case history of the European shore crabs Carcinus maenas and Carcinus aestuarii. . PDF
Silva, P., Woodlield, R., Cohen, A. N., Harris, L. H., Goddard, J. 2002. Asian Kelp Undaria pinnatifida in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. . PDF
Collins, J. N. 2002. Invasion of San Francisco Bay by Smooth Cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora: A Forecast of Geomorphic Effects on the Intertidal Zone. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Harris, L. H., Bingham, B. L., Carlton, J. T., Chapman, J. W., Lambert, C. C., Lambert, G., Ljubenkov, J. C., Murray, S. N., Rao, L. C., Reardon, K., Schwindt, E. 2002. Project Report for the Southern California Exotics Expedition 2000 A Rapid Assessment Survey of Exotic Species in Sheltered Coastal Waters. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., J M Bullock, R E Kenward, R S Hails 2002. Success factors in the establishment of human-dispersed organisms. British Ecological Society and Blackwell Publishing. PDF
Cohen, A. N., A.N. Cohen, S.K. Webb 2002. The release of pest species by marine aquaculture: lessons from a South African parasite introduced into California waters. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Collins, J. N. 2001. Final Draft Master List of NIS Plant Species. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Weinstein, A., Emmett, M. A., Lau, W., Carlton, J. 2001. Investigations into the Introduction of Non-indigenous Marine Organisms via the Cross-Continental Trade in Marine Baitworms. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Weinstein, A. 2001. Zebra Mussel's Calcium Threshold and Implications for its Potential Distribution in North America. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A.N., Weinstein, A. 2001. The Potential Distribution of Chinese Mitten Crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) in selected waters of the Western United States with U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Facilities. United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region and the Technical Service Center. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Berry, H., Mills, C., Milne, D., Britton-Simmons, K., Wonham, M., Secord, D., Barkas, J. A., Bingham, B., Bookheim, B., Byers, J., Chapman, J. W., Cordell, J., Dumbauld, B., Fukuyama, A., Harris, L. H., Kohn, A., Li, K., Mumford, T., Radashevsky, V., Sewell, A., Welch, K. 2001. Report of the Washington State Exotics Expedition 2000. Nearshore Habitat Program, Washington State Department of Natural Resources. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 2001. An Introduction to the San Francisco Estuary. San Francisco Estuary Project, Oakland CA, Save The Bay, Oakland CA and San Francisco Estuary Institute, Richmond CA. PDF
McGann, M., Sloan, D., Cohen, A. N. 2000. Invasion by a Japanese marine microorganism in western North America. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Foster, B. 2000. The regulation of biological pollution: Preventing exotic species invasions from ballast water discharged into California coastal waters. . PDF
Mills, C. E., Cohen, A. N., Berry, H., Wonham, M., Bingham, B., Bookheim, B., Carlton, J. T., Chapman, J. W., Cordell, J. R., Harris, L. H., Klinger, T., Kohn, A., Lambert, C. C., Lambert, G., Li, K., Secord, D., Toft, J. 1999. The 1998 Puget Sound Expedition: a rapid assessment survey for nonindigenous species in the shallow waters of Puget Sound. . PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1999. Extent and impacts of ballast water invasions. West Coast Ballast Outreach Project. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1999. Briefing Paper on a Monitoring Plan for Nonindigenous Organisms in the San Francisco Bay/Delta Estuary. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1999. Invasions status and policy on the U. S. west coast. . PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1999. Combating Bio-Invaders (radio program). NPR's Living on Earth (11-12-99). . HTML
Weinstein, A., Cohen, A. N. 1998. The potential distribution and abundance of zebra mussels in California. . PDF
Grossinger, R. M., Alexander, J., Cohen, A. N., Collins, J. T. 1998. Introduced Tidal Marsh Plants in the San Francisco Estuary: Regional Distribution and Priorities for Control. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Weinstein, A. 1998. The Potential Distribution and Abundance of Zebra Mussels in California. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Weinstein, A. 1998. Methods and Data for Analysis of Potential Distribution and Abundance of Zebra Mussels in California. A report for CALFED and the California Urban Water Agencies. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Webb, S. K. 1998. Biological Invasions in Aquatic Ecosystems: Impacts on Restoration and Potential for Control. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Mills, C., Berry, H., Wonham, M., Bingham, B., Bookheim, B., Carlton, J., Chapman, J., Cordell, J., Harris, L., Klinger, T., Kohn, A., Lambert, C. C., Lambert, G., Li, K., Secord, D., Toft, J. 1998. A Rapid Assessment Survey of Nonindigenous Species in the Shallow Waters of Puget Sound. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Carlton, J. T. 1998. Accelerating invasion rate in a highly invaded estuary. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., et al., Bruce Babbit 1998. Petition to list the seaweed Caulerpa taxifolia as a prohibited species under the Federal Noxious Weed Act. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Cassell, J. L., Olin, P. G. 1998. The invasion of the Pacific Coast by the European green crab Carcinus maenas. California Sea Grant College System, University of California, La Jolla CA.. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Cassell, J. L., Olin, P. G. 1998. Biological invasions and opportunities for their regulation on the west coast of the United States.. California Sea Grant College System, University of California, La Jolla CA.. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1998. Monitoring for Non-indigenous Organisms. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1998. The exotic species threat to California's coastal resources. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1998. Ships' Ballast Water and the Introduction of Exotic Organisms into the San Francisco Estuary: Current Status of the Problem and Options for Management. San Francisco Estuary Institute. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1998. Exotic organisms; California's Emerging Environmental Challenges. California Environmental Protection Agency/Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1998. Invasive Species in San Francisco Bay (radio program). NPR's Science Friday (1-23-98). . HTML
Carlton, J., Cohen, A. N. 1998. Periwinkle's progress: the Atlantic snail Littorina saxatilis (Mollusca: Gastropoda) establishes a colony on a Pacific shore. . PDF
Weir, C. 1997. Biological Warfare. MetroNews (5-1-97). . HTML
Cohen, A. N., Carlton, J. 1997. Transoceanic transport mechanisms: The introduction of the Chinese mitten crab Eriocheir sinensis to California. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., et al., Pete Wilson 1997. Urging Action to control an abalone parasite and prevent other introductions via aquaculture activities.. . PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1997. Biological invasions in the estuary. . PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1997. Have claw, will travel. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Patten, K 1997. The invasion of the estuaries. Washington State University/Cooperative Extension, Long Beach WA. PDF
Cohen, A. N., Carlton, J. T., Fountain, M. C. 1995. Introduction, dispersal and potential impacts of the green crab Carcinus maenas in San Francisco Bay. . PDF
Cohen, A. N., Carlton, J. T. 1995. Intruders in the estuary. . PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1995. Chinese mitten crabs in North America. . PDF
Carlton, J., Cohen, A. N. 1995. Biological Study Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary: A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. HTML
Cohen, A. N. 1993. Place Invaders. . PDF
Cohen, A. N. 1992. Weeding the garden. . PDF