Species Regional Summary
Grateloupia turuturu
Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras ( NA-ET3 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

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
Probable Hull Fouling
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHabitat 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).
 

References

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