Species Regional Summary
Blackfordia virginica
None ( NWP-2 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record? Xiamen China/Nanhu Lake, uandang Lagoon, Taiwan Strait (2012, Huang et al. 2021)

Geographic Extent

Xiamen China/Nanhu Lake, uandang Lagoon, Taiwan Strait (2012, Huang et al. 2021)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactPredation
In brackish Nanhu Lake, China, predation by B. virginica resulted in decreaed densiyt of microzooplankton, and increased phytoplankton biomass, and NH4+ concentraions (Huang et al. 2021).
 

References

Full Reference List for Blackfordia virginica

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