Species Regional Summary
Membranipora membranacea
Cape Cod Bay ( N180 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Sandwich/MA/Cape Cod Canal (1992, Lambert et al. 1992; 2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003)

Geographic Extent

Plymouth/MA/Cape Cod Bay (1998, Whitlach and Osman 2000; 2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003); Sandwich/MA/Cape Cod Canal (2000, MIT Sea Grant 2003; 2010, Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management 2013; 2018, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Office of Coastal Zone Management 2020);

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactCompetition
Extensive fouling by M. membranacea led to widespread death of kelp (Saccharina and Laminaria spp.) in the Cape Cod Canal (Lambert et al. 1992).
 
Ecological ImpactHabitat Change
Extensive fouling by M. membranacea led to widespread death of kelp (Saccharina and Laminaria spp.) in the Cape Cod Canal (Lambert et al. 1992).
 

References

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