Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Volusia County, off the University of Central Florida's research facility dock (Fellers House Field Station)/FL/Mosquito Lagoon (2004, Boudreaux and Walters 2006)
Geographic Extent
Volusia County, off the University of Central Florida's research facility dock (Fellers House Field Station)/FL/Mosquito Lagoon (2004, Boudreaux and Walters 2006; as of 2007, the abundance of M. charruana was still low- only 600 animals had been collected)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| In experiments in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Mytella strigata, 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. strigataa and the native oysters, and also a higher clearance rate for the mussels (Galimany et al. 2016). | ||