Graham Gillespie – “Marine invasive species”

European green crab
– L. Sánchez

Clubbed tunicate
– DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

Mudflat snail
– B. Klinkenberg

Marine invaders of the Pacific Northwest
– DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

Euopean green crab
– B. Wilson

Map of the approximate natural (blue) and invasive (red, green and dots) range of the crab Carcinus maenas.
– DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans)

Japanese Drill
– A. Baldwin

Graham Gillespie is a Research Biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo.  Graham is Head of the Intertidal Bivalve, Cephalopod and Crab Programs, conducting stock assessments for commercially important species, providing scientific advice and participating in ecosystem-level research involving these groups.

David’s talk focused on the Aquatic Invasive Species project, which examines distribution, dispersal and impacts of intertidal non-indigenous species on the Pacific Coast of Canada.