Species Regional Summary
Nematostella vectensis
Columbia River ( P260 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: OR-WA/Trestle Bay, Columbia River Estuary (1994, Hinton and Emmet 1995, cited by Sytsma et al. 2005; http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm39/tm39.pdf)

Geographic Extent

OR-WA/Trestle Bay, Columbia River Estuary (Sytsma et al. 2005, http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/publications/techmemos/tm39/tm39.pdf; 'However, Jeff Cordell has found N. vectensis in almost every salt marsh of Oregon and Washington he has sampled in the last 20 years.' Systma et al. 2005)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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