EXOTIC AQUATICS
Nutria
Zebra Mussel
Water Hyacinth
Hydrilla
References
Exotic
Aquatics of the Gulf Coast:
Nutria (Mycoastor
coypus)
Nutria: Online & Printed Resources
Online Resources:
Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries
http://www.nutria.comLouisiana Nature Center. Creature Feature on nutrias. www.auduboninstitute.org/html/creature_nature.html
U.S. Geological Survey, Nonindigenous Aquatic Species website. 1999. Nonindigenous Aquatic Mammal Information: Nutria distribution http://nas.er.usgs.gov/mammals/index.html
University of Michigan. Museum of Zoology. Animal Diversity website. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/myocastor/m._coypus$narrative.html
Printed Resources:
Annin, P. 1993. The Rat That Ate Louisiana: The furry nutria is making a pest of itself. Newsweek, March 8, 1993 edition, p. 67.
Barrett, M., 1996.I’ll be Here Long After You’re Gone …. Coast and Sea, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, p. 6-8.
Conner, W. H., 1993. Cypress Regeneration in Coastal Louisiana and the Impact of Nutria Upon Seedling Survival. Proceedings 13th Annual Conference of Wetland Scientists, New Orleans, Landin, M. (ed.), South Central Chapter of the Society of Wetland Scientists, p. 130-136.
Evans, J. 1970. About Nutria and Their Control. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Denver Wildlife Research Center, Resource Publication No. 86, 64 p.
Evers, D. E., C. E. Sasser, J. G. Gosselink, D. A. Fuller, J. M. Visser, 1998. The Impact of Vertebrate Herbivores on Wetland Vegetation in Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana. Estuaries, v. 21, no. 1, p. 1-13.
Gardiner, S. 1998. Club opens fire on varmints. Metro Jacksonville.com
Gosling, L. M., S. J. Baker, and C. N. Clarke, 1988. An Attempt to Remove Coypus (Myocastor coypus) from a Wetland Habitat in East Anglia. Journal of Applied Ecology, v. 25, p. 49-62.
Hesse, I. D., W. H. Conner, and J. M. Visser, 1997. Nutria, Another Threat to Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastal Wetlands. Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest, v. 2, no. 1, p. 4-5.
The New York Times on the Web Archive, December 14, 1997, Louisiana is Trying to Turn Pest Into a Meal.
For more information: contact Greg Linscombe, Fur & Refuge Division, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, 2415 Darnall Road, New Iberia, LA 70560. Phone 337/ 373-0032; fax 337/ 373-0181, linscombe_rg@wlf.state.la.us.
Nutria: An Introduction
Nutria: A Historical Nuisance
Nutria: Impacts on the Environments
Nutria: Prevention and Control Measures
Nutria: Online & Printed Resources