Invasion
Invasion Description
1st records: Newport/RI/East Passage (Narragansett Bay) (Villalard-Bohnsack and Harlin 1997; Harlin and Villalard-Bohnsack1999); Jamestown/RI/West Passage (Narragansett Bay); (Villalard-Bohnsack and Harlin 1997; Harlin and Villalard-Bohnsack1999); Beavertail Point/RI/Rhode Island Sound (Villalard-Bohnsack and Harlin 1997; Harlin and Villalard-Bohnsack1999)
Geographic Extent
Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay (Bourne)/MA/Cape Cod Canal (2007, Mathieson et al. 2007; MIT Sea Grant 2010; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; Mathieson 2016); Tripps Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (2010, MacIntyre et al. 2010; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; Mathieson 2016); USCG Station Docks, Woods Hole/MA/Little Harbor (2013, 41 31 16 N, 70 4 1 16W ); Newport/RI/East Passage (Narragansett Bay) (Villalard-Bohnsack and Harlin 1997); Newport/RI/Narragansett Bay (7/26/2010, MacIntyre et al. 2011; Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; Mathieson 2016); North Kingstown/RI/Allen Habor (MacIntyre et al. 2010; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; Mathieson 2016); Jamestown/RI/West Passage (Narragansett Bay); (Villalard-Bohnsack and Harlin 1997; Harlin and Villalard-Bohnsack1999); Beavertail Point/RI/Rhode Island Sound (Villalard-Bohnsack and Harlin 1997; Harlin and Villalard-Bohnsack1999); Pt. Judith Marina, South Kingston/RI/Point Judith Pond (7/25/2010, MacInyre et al. 2010; Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013: 2019, Pederson et al. 2021); (2019, Brewers Mystic Marina, Mysitc/CT/Fishers Island Soubnd (2019, Pederson et al. 2021); Millstone Point, Waterford/CT/Long Island Sound (2004, Van Patten 2006); Brewer Yacht Haven Marina*, Stamford/CT/Long Island Sound (2019, Pederson et al. 2021); Montauk/NY/Long Island Sound-Atlantic Ocean (2001, Gavio and Fredericq 2002); Moonbeam Gateway Marina (Brooklyn/NY/Jamiaca Bay (2019, Pederson et al. 2021)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Probable | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
Shallow subtidal algal communities at Millstone Point, CT, dominated by G. turuturu had reduced epiphyte biomass and reduced abundance and species richness of invertebrates (Janiak and Whitlach 2012). | ||