Colette is responsible for the Invasive Species work programmes of the Data Centre. She manages the National Invasive Species Database, provides coordination of invasive species data and information, and contributes advice and policy support at the national and European level.
Species Alert for: Quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis). Issued by: Dr. Jan-Robert Baars. Invasive Ecology (InEco) Laboratory, and Dr. Dan Minchin, Lough Derg Science Group. See Species alert issued 9th July 2021. Reason for issue: to notify of the first record of Quagga mussel in Ireland, a potentially high impacting invasive species. What was seen
