Managing aquatic invasions: Optimal locations and operating times for watercraft inspection stations

• Published in: Journal of environmental management Vol. 283; p. 111923
• Main Authors: Fischer, Samuel M., Beck, Martina, Herborg, Leif-Matthias, Lewis, Mark A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2021
• Subjects: Animals; Aquatic invasive species; Bivalvia; British Columbia; Dreissena; environmental management; Introduced Species; invasive species; issues and policy; Linear integer programming; model uncertainty; Optimal management; Ships; Spatially explicit; surface water; traffic; Zebra mussel; zebras; British Columbia; Spatially explicit; Linear integer programming; Zebra mussel; Aquatic invasive species; Optimal management

Aquatic invasive species (AIS) cause significant ecological and economic damages around the world. A major spread mechanism for AIS is traffic of boaters transporting their watercraft from invaded to uninvaded waterbodies. To inhibit the spread of AIS, Canadian provinces and American states often se...