Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Volusia County/FL/Mosquito Lagoon (2004, Boudreaux and Walters 2006; Boudreaux et al. 2006)
Geographic Extent
Volusia County/FL/Mosquito Lagoon (2004, Boudreaux and Walters 2006; Boudreaux et al. 2006)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| In experiments in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Mytella charruana, on fouling plates, did not affect the settlement of larvae of Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), but did reduce growth of oyster spat (Yuan et al. 2016). Feeding experiments show an overlap between M. charruana and the native oysters, and also a higher clearance rate for the mussels (Galimany et al. 2016). | ||