Species Regional Summary
Bugula neritina
Long Island Sound ( M040 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: a thermal effluent population in Millstone Nuclear Power Plant (Waterford)/CT/Long Island Sound (1985, Carlton, personal communication); Waterford/CT/Long Island Sound (41 20N; 72 08W, McGovern and Hellberg 2003); Avery Point, Groton/CT/Fishers Island Sound (2000, Osman, personal communication)

Geographic Extent

a thermal effluent population in Millstone Nuclear Power Plant (Waterford)/CT/Long Island Sound (1985, Carlton, personal communication); Waterford/CT/Long Island Sound (41 20N; 72 08W, McGovern and Hellberg 2003; Fehlauer et al. 2014, Haplotype N); Avery Point, Groton/CT/Fishers Island Sound (2000, Osman, personal communication)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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