NAS Database and NAS Alert System

NAS Database
This site has been established as a central repository for spatially referenced biogeographic accounts of nonindigenous aquatic species. The program provides scientific reports, online/realtime queries, spatial data sets, regional contact lists, and general information. The data is made available for use by biologists, interagency groups, and the general public. The geographical coverage is the United States.

NAS Alert System
USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Alert System USGS developed the NAS Alert System to track the spread of invasive species nationwide. Now, users can report nonindigenous and invasive aquatic species they sight, automatically receive email alerts, or perform searches on aquatic species. The system is flexible, providing two different perspectives one to a user interested in an area, the other to users interested in a species whether the user chooses automatic alerts or prefers to search the site.

	Contact: Pam Fuller USGS/BRD - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program Florida Integrated Science Center 7920 NW 71st Street Gainesville, FL 32653 Pam_Fuller@usgs.gov Websites: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/ To sign up for the free service go to: http://nas.er.usgs.gov/AlertSystem/register.asp. Archives of past alerts are available at http://nas.er.usgs.gov/AlertSystem and can be queried by state, date, and/or taxonomic group.