Species Regional Summary
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Lake Erie ( GL-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: near Sturgeon Point, [W of Lake Erie Beach]/NY/Lake Erie (2005, CUSGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007)

Geographic Extent

Sturgeon Point, [W of Lake Erie Beach]/NY/Lake Erie (2005, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007; Levri et al. 2007); off Lorain/OH/Lake Erie (2005, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007; Levri et al. 2007)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Alternate Natural Dispersal
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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