Using Detection Dogs to Monitor Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Protect Aquatic Resources

Introduction; Heath Smith.- Chapter 1: Water Search Overview: Searching with Dogs in an Aquatic Environment; Debra Tirmenstein and Robert Freedline.- Chapter 2: Detection Dogs as Ambassadors and Field Assistants to Protect Imperiled Reptiles and Amphibians; Robyn Powers.- Chapter 3: Monitoring Invasive and Threatened Aquatic Amphibians, Mammals and Birds; Jim Shields and Lana Austin (with a contribution from Megan Vick and Todd Engelmeyer).- Chapter 4: Intercepting Invasive Invertebrate Species Before They Infest Water Bodies: The Inception and Implementation of Alberta's Dedicated Canine Mussel Inspection Program;Cindy Sawchuk (with a contribution from Aimee Hurt).- Chapter 5: In situ Detection of Sewage Pollution and its Sources in Aquatic Ecosystems; Karen Reynolds and Scott Reynolds.- Chapter 6: Using Scat Detection Dogs to Monitor Environmental Contaminants in Sentinel Species and Freshwater Ecosystems; Ngaio Richards, Gregg Tomy, Chad Kinney, Frankline Nwanguma, Braden Godwin and Deborah (Smith) Woollett.- Chapter 7: A Glimpse into the Use of Dogs to Address Global Poaching, Overharvesting and Trafficking of Aquatic Species; Birgit Braun and John Stuart (with contributions from Detective Lauren Wendt and the TRAFFIC India/WWF India Super Sniffer Team).- Chapter 8: Striving for Best Standards and Practices: Recommendations for Optimizing Assessment and Performance of Ecological Scent Detection Dogs; Brian Boroski and Lauralea Oliver.- Chapter 9: Looking Ahead: Future Directions and Considerations for Using Detection Dogs in Aquatic Environments and Ecosystems; Ngaio Richards.

Ngaio L Richards, PhD, is the Forensics & Field Specialist and a canine handler with Working Dogs for Conservation (WD4C). She has contributed extensively to the applied conservation and wildlife forensics literature and edited the seminal textbook Carbofuran and Wildlife Poisoning: Global Perspectives and Forensic Approaches. Ngaio is happiest in secluded wilderness, accompanied by a dog.