A.39.3. CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS 
(None reported.) 
A.39.4. CLIMATE CHANGE ACTIONS 
(None reported.) 
A.39.5. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION USED 
• Pennsylvania Sea Grant has funded the following AIS research projects (more 
information available at http://pserie.psu.edu/seagrant/research/ais.htm): 
o Round Goby ( Neogobius melanostomus) Diet, Habitat Preference, and Reproductive 
Strategies in Presque Isle Bay 
o Population Assessment of Rudd ( Scardinius erythrophthalmus ) in Presque Isle Bay, 
Lake Erie 
o Distribution of the Invasive Red-Eared Slider Turtle ( Trachemys scripta elegans ) in 
the Lower Delaware River Basin 
o A Benthic Survey of the Natural Lakes of Northwestern Pennsylvania 
o Effect of Non-Native Mollusk Species on Common Map Turtles, Graptemys 
geographica 
o Impact of the Round Goby ( Neogobius melanostomus) on Tributary Streams of Lake 
Erie 
o A Sampling of Presque Isle Bay for the Exotic Cladoceran: Bythotrephes 
cederstroemi 
o Characterization of the Microplanktonic and Microbenthic Communities of Near- 
Shore Lake Erie 
o Monitoring Zebra Mussel Invasion of Edinboro Lake, Conneauttee Creek, and French 
Creek 
• Pennsylvania Sea Grant and partners conducted a pilot study on the distribution and 
sensory biology of the flathead catfish in order to develop strategies to prevent its spread. 
A.39.6. RESEARCH NEEDS 
• Economic impacts of AIS in Pennsylvania need to be examined. 
• Species-specific control technologies are needed. 
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