Species Regional Summary
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
Lake Ontario ( GL-III )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Wilson/NY/Lake Ontario (Zaranko et al. 1997)

Geographic Extent

NY/Ontario/US-Canada/Lake Ontario (1991, Zaranko et al. 1997); Prescott/Ontario/St. Lawrence River (USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); near Fort Niagara/NY/Lake Ontario drainage (2011, Levri et al. 2012); near Orleans/NY/Lake Ontario drainage (2011, Levri et al. 2012)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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