Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Haskins Shellfish Laboratory/NJ/Maurice River (Delaware Bay) (1999, Bushek and Boyd 2006)

Geographic Extent

Tappan Zee Bridge/NY/Hudson River (2006-2009, New York State Department of Transportation 2012); South Street Seaport, New York City/NY/Hudson River Estuary (Pederson 2003); NY/New York Harbor (2011, James T. Carlton, email to Paul Fofonoff, present on a vessel towed to mystic CT); NJ/Maurice River (Delaware Bay) (1999, Bushek and Boyd 2006); Maurice River Cove to Arnolds Point/NJ/Delaware Bay (2004, Bushek and Boyd 2006); NJ/Cohansey River (2004, Bushek and Boyd 2006); Norfolk/VA/Hampton Roads (2002, Elizabeth Jewett, personal communication); RKm 39, on hulls of Ready Reserve Fleet/VA/James River (2006, Davidson et al. 2008); Norfolk/VA/Chesapeake Bay(2003-2004, in ballast tank water, Duggan et al. 2006)