Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Nobska Point, Woods Hole/MA/Vineyard Sound (Lewis and Taylor 1927)

Geographic Extent

Nobska Point, Woods Hole/MA/Vineyard Sound (Lewis and Taylor 1927); Penikese Island/MA/Buzzards Bay (1930, Lewis and Taylor 1933; Mathieson et al. 1996); Barnstable and Dukes Counties (Cape Cod-Martha's Vineyard/MA/Vineyard Sound?(Taylor 1941, cited by Mathieson et al. 2008); Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Tripps Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2013, Mathieson et al. 2016); RI/Narragansett Bay-Rhode Island Sound (Villalard-Bohnsack 1995) New London County/CT/Fishers I Island Sound (Taylor and Villalard 1972, cited by Mathieson et al. 2008, gametophytes); 'buoy off Lake Montauk', Long Island/NY/Peconic Bay (Lewis and Taylor 1940); NJ/Barnegat Bay- (2004, Kennish et al. 2007 http://marine.rutgers.edu/pt/research/PDFs/SAV.pdf , 2nd most abundant species); Marsh Island/MD/Holland Straits (1968, Mathieson and Fuller 1969); Tangier Sound; Crisfield/MD/Little Annemessex River (1968, Mathieson and Fuller 1969);; MD-VA/ Pocomoke Sound (1968, Mathieson and Fuller 1969); (1968, Mathieson and Fuller 1969); Bloodsworth Island/MD/Hooper Strait (Honga River (1968, Mathieson and Fuller 1969); Guinea Marshes (Gloucester Point)/VA/York River (1974, Humm 1979)