Species Regional Summary
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Lakes Huron, Superior and Michigan ( GL-I )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Thunder Bay/Ontario/Lake Superior (2001, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007)

Geographic Extent

near Duluth/MN/St. Louis River estuary, Lake Superior (2005, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007; Trebitz et al. 2012); Thunder Bay/Ontario/Lake Superior (2001, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); off Waukegan/IL/Lake Michigan (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Alternate Aquatic Plant Shipments
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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