SIL Working Group on Aquatic Invasive Species (SIL WGAIS)

• The Working Groups of SIL

• Announcing the SIL WGAIS

• SIL WGAIS Initiatives

  • 2018 - formal establishment of the International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET) INVASIVESNET website

  • 2016 - start of the International Association for Open Knowledge on Invasive Alien Species (INVASIVESNET) initiative INVASIVESNET concept paper in Management of Biological Invasions

  • 2013 - development of new concept and new editorial team of open access, peer-reviewed international journal Management of Biological Invasions

  • 2012 - establishment of open access, peer-reviewed international journal BioInvasions Records

  • 2006 - establishment of open access, peer-reviewed international journal Aquatic Invasions

  • 2001 - establishment of European Information and Research Network on Aquatic Invasive Species (ERNAIS)

• SIL WGAIS Meetings and Special Sessions

  • August 8, 2022, Berlin, Germany
    Special session “Invasive alien species in inland waters: invasion trends, impacts and management” of the 36th Congress of the International Society of Limnology (SIL)

  • August 24, 2021, Gwangju, Republic of Korea
    SIL WG AIS Meeting

  • August 31, 2016, Torino, Italy
    Special session “Alien species ecological impacts: from genomics to macroecology” of the 33rd Congress of the International Society of Limnology (SIL) - see special issue of "Aquatic Invasions" “Invasive species in inland waters”

  • August 12-18, 2007, Montreal, Canada
    Special session “Ecology and Ecotoxicology of Invasive Species in Inland Waters” of the 30th Congress of the International Society of Limnology (SIL) - see special issue of "Aquatic Invasions" “Invasive species in inland waters of Europe and North America: distribution and impacts”

  • August 13, 2004, Lahti, Finland
    SIL WG AIS Workshop "Aquatic Alien Species – International Cooperation in Research, Information Exchange and Management"

  • August 26-27, 2003, Helsinki, Finland
    Joint BMB WG NEMO and SIL WG AIS Workshop "Aquatic Bioinvasions: Research Agenda for the Baltic"

  • June 2-3, 2000, Copenhagen, Denmark
    ASLO 2000 Pre-Conference Workshop "Invasions of European & North American Ecosystems by Ponto-Caspian Species"

  • August 11, 1998, Dublin, Ireland
    SIL 1998 Workshop "Aquatic Invasive Species - Developing a Scientific Information Exchange"

• SIL WGAIS Reports

  • Report in September 2001 SIL News

  • Report in September 2005 SIL News