Title | Cost-Efficient Management of Aquatic Invasive Species: Application to New Zealand Mudsnails in the Pacific Northwest |
Publication Type | Thesis |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Authors | Lim, Youngah |
Academic Department | Dept. of Applied Economics |
Degree | Ph. D. |
Pagination | 115 p. |
University | Oregon State University |
City | Corvallis, Or. |
Type of Work | Doctoral dissertation |
Call Number | OSU Libraries: Internet Resources LD4330 2014D Lim, Youngah, Digital Open Access |
Keywords | Alsea River, Coos River, economics, gastropods, introduced species, molluscs, Nestucca River, New Zealand mud snail = Potamopyrgus antipodarum, Siletz River, Siltcoos Lake, Siuslaw River, theses, Trask River, Umpqua River, Wilson River, Yaquina River |
Notes | The New Zealand mud snail, a destructive invasive species, has been found in the Wilson, Trask, Nestucca, Siletz, Yaquina, Alsea, Siuslaw, Umpqua and Coos Rivers. Based on the animal’s biology, Siltcoos Lake is threatened. The snail is a bio-fouling organism that blocks water intake pipes, and threatens aquatic industries and tools from boat motors to hydroelectric plants. In this dissertation, the author assesses possible ways of managing this invasion, and assesses the costs of different management strategies. Major professor was Munisamy Gopinath. |
URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/fb494c75t |