Species Regional Summary
Caprella mutica
Bay of Fundy to Cape Cod ( NA-ET2 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st records: Barnstable/MA/Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Sandwich Marina/MA/Cape Cod Canal (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2010); Plymouth Town Wharf/MA/Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Duxbury Town Pier/MA/Duxbury Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Bay Pointe Marina, Quincy/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Black Falcon Terminal, Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); MWRA Deer Island, Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Rowes Wharf, Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem/MA/Salem Harbor, (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Tucks Point Marina, Beverly/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Cape Ann Marina, Gloucester/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Gloucester State Pier/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); New Brunswick/Passamaquoddy Bay (2000, Ashton 2006)

Geographic Extent

Barnstable/MA/Barnstable Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Sandwich Marina/MA/Cape Cod Canal (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2010; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Plymouth Town Wharf/MA/Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Brewers Plymouth Marina/Plymouth Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Duxbury Town Pier/MA/Duxbury Harbor, Cape Cod Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Bay Pointe Marina, Quincy/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Black Falcon Terminal, Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); MWRA Deer Island, Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Rowes Wharf, Boston/MA/Boston Harbor (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem/MA/Salem Harbor (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003; Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Tucks Point Marina, Beverly/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Cape Ann Marina, Gloucester/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Gloucester State Pier/MA/Massachusetts Bay (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Hampton River Marina/State Pier/NH/Hampton Harbor (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2008; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); on fish cages, Isles of Shoals/NH/Gulf of Maine (Harris and Dijkstra 2007); Wentworth by the Sea Marina, Portsmouth/NH/Great Bay (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2008); University of New Hampshire Coastal Marine Lab, Newcastle/NH/Portsmouth Harbor (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2010; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013); Brewer Freeport Marina, South Freeport/ME/Casco Bay (2003, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Maine Department of Marine Resources Docks, Boothbay Harbor/ME/Boothbay Harbor (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Darling Maine Center Dock, Walpole/ME/Sheepscot River Estuary (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2008); Journey's End Marina, Rockland/ME/Penobscot Bay (2007, MIT Sea Grant 2008); New Brunswick/Passamaquoddy Bay (2000, Ashton 2006); Yarmouth/Nova Scotia/Gulf of Maine (2008, Lacoursiere-Roussel et al. 2016)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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