Species Regional Summary
Perna viridis
Charleston Harbor ( S080 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: inlet near the south end of Folly Beach, Charleston County/SC/Atlantic Ocean (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2006, only one specimen collected)

Geographic Extent

inlet near the south end of Folly Beach, Charleston County/SC/Atlantic Ocean (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2006, only one specimen collected); Charleston Maritime docks/SC/Charlestown Harbor (32.7893333, -79.924167, 2007, established, on floats of docks 0.3 m below surface, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2007; Baker 2007, common in summer); Folly Island, Charleston/SC/Charleston Harbor (8/2006, Crickenberger et al. 2009, 1 specimen)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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