Species Regional Summary
Cyprinus carpio
Lake Erie ( GL-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Ontario/a pond draining into Turkey Point Marsh, Lake Erie (1890s, Crossman 1984).

Geographic Extent

Ontario/a pond draining into Turkey Point Marsh, Lake Erie (1890s, Crossman1984); Ontario/Long Point Bay, Lake Erie (1890s, Crossman 1984); Grand River/Ontario/Lake Erie (1910, Crossman 1984)); widespread in Lake Erie by 1920s (1890s, Crossman 1984)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Alternate Fisheries Intentional

Regional Impacts

References

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