Species Regional Summary
Mya arenaria
Monterey Bay ( P080 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Watsonville/CA/Old Salinas River Channel (pre-1911, Carlton 1979, 1881, Carlton 2023a); Failed (???) introduction- Santa Cruz/CA/Monterey Bay (1881, Stearns 1881, cited by Carlton 1979, failed stocking)

Geographic Extent

Watsonville/CA/Old Salinas River Channel (pre-1911, Carlton 1979); 'Monterey'/CA/'Monterey Bay' = Elkhorn Slough (Dall 1916; Dall 1921, cited by Carlton 1929); CA/Elkhorn Slough (1927, MacGinitie 1935, cited by Carlton 1979; not seen in decades, locally extinct, Wasson 2001); Failed introducton - Santa Cruz/CA/Monterey Bay (1881, Stearns 1881, cited by Carlton 1979, failed??? (stocking), Carlton 2023a)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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