Species Regional Summary
Heterogen japonica
Lake Erie ( GL-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Sandusky/OH/Lake Erie 1940s, Wolfert and Hiltunen 1968; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008) 1st Watershed Record? Sparks Park/MI/Lake Erie or Lake Michigan watershed (1937, Clench and Fuller 1965; Malacology 104445, Museum of comparative Zoology 2010)

Geographic Extent

Sandusky/OH/Lake Erie 1940s, Wolfert and Hiltunen 1968; USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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