Species Regional Summary
Ciona intestinalis
Buzzards Bay ( M010 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Woods Hole/MA/Vineyard Sound (1908, Sumner et al. 1913, probably present much earlier)

Geographic Extent

Tripp Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (Buzzards Bay) (MIT Sea Grant 2003), Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2003; )2018, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Office of Coastal Zone
Management, 2020); Woods Hole/MA/Vineyard Sound (1908, Sumner et al. 1913); Woods Hole/MA/Eel Pond (Vineyard Sound) (MIT Sea Grant 2003)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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