Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: New Orleans area, Lake Ponchartrain Causeway, south end/Lake Ponchartrain (1971, Poirrier and Mulino 1977)

Geographic Extent

New Orleans area, Lake Ponchartrain Causeway, south end/Lake Ponchartrain (1971, Poirrier and Mulino 1977); Madisonville/LA/Tchefuncte River (1974, Poirrier and Mulino 1977); Link Port, Fort Pierce/FL/Indian River Lagoon (1975, Winston 1982); Point aux herbes/LA/Lake Ponchartrain (1975, Poirrier and Mulino 1977); Ocean Springs/MS/Davis Bayou (1975, Poirrier and Mulino 1977); St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Livingston Parishes/LA/Lake Ponchartrain, Lake Borgne, and surrounding brackish waters (1972, Everitt 1973); TX/Galveston Bay (2003, Ruiz et al., unpublished data); TX/Corpus Christi Bay (2003, Ruiz et al. unpublished data)