Marine Invader Tracking Information System

The Marine Invader Tracking Information System (MITIS) is a service of the MIT Sea Grant College Program's Center for Coastal Resources.  MITIS is a collection point for information on marine invasive species in the northeast United States and beyond.  There are online forms for various scientist and citizen scientist groups to submit their sighting data.  We are developing a searchable database of species sightings and factsheets, maps of species sightings and population trends, as well as links to national and international databases. 

Data Sources
There are currently five Data Contributors to MITIS; organizations or programs which contribute data, each through a set of online data entry forms:

• AISRN - Aquatic Invasive Species Reporting Network (NEW sightings)
• HitchHikers - Hitchhiker Guide Volunteers
• Divers - New England Diver Volunteers
• MIMIC - Marine Invader Monitoring and Information Collaborative
       (a collaboration with the Massacusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management - CZM)
• RAS - Rapid Assessment Surveys - Data Entry now available

NISbase Connection
MIMIC is now a contributor to the International Nonidigenous Species Database Network (NISbase), managed by the Smithsonian Environmental Resarch Center.  The NISbase portal allows users to search many databases at once, and retrieve links to fact sheets and observations on those systems. Check out NISbase here: www.nisbase.org.

Marine Invasive Species Map
MIMIC now has a map page, where most of the sightings in our database can be viewed. 

The other features of this site are still under development. Please be aware of any caveats, and contact us with any questions on the validity of data. Please contact Christiaan Adams <adamscs@mit.edu> with any questions.