Species Regional Summary
Mya arenaria
None ( AR-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Russia/White Sea (Russanova 1963, cited by Maximovich and Guerassimova 2003); east of Svyatoy Nos, 40E, Northern Norway and Murman/Norway-Russia/Barents Sea (before 1963, Zenekevich 1963; Galkin 1998)

Geographic Extent

east of Svyatoy Nos, 40E, Northern Norway and Murman/Norway-Russia/Barents Sea (before 1963, Zenekevich 1963; Galkin 1998); Russia/Chupa Inlet, Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea (Sadykhova 1979; Maximovich and Guerassimova 2003); east of Svyatoy Nos, 40E, northern Norway and Murman/Norway-Russia/Barents Sea (before 1963, Zenekevich 1963; Galkin 1998)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Natural Dispersal
Alternate Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactFood/Prey
In Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, Russia, the most frequent predators of Mya arenaria are sandpipers (Sadykhova 1979).
 

References

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