Species Regional Summary
Streblospio benedicti
Northern California to Mid Channel Islands ( NEP-V )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st record: Berkeley/CA/San Francisco Bay (1932, Hartman 1936, cited by Carlton 1979)

Geographic Extent

Bodega Bay/CA/Bodega Harbor (1936, Hartman 1936, by Carlton 1979; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); Inverness/CA/Tomales Bay (1936, Hartman 1936, by Carlton 1979; 2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); Marin County/CA/Bolinas Lagoon (Light 1969, cited by Carlton 1979); Stege Marsh, Richmond/CA/San Francisco Bay (2010, Zakas and Wares 2012); Berkeley/CA/San Francisco Bay (1932, Hartman 1936, cited by Carlton 1979); Antioch/CA/Suisun Bay (Light 1977); cargo ship 'Florikan'/CA/Suisun Bay (Llanso et al. 2011); Rodeo Marina/CA/San Pablo Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Pier 39, San Francisco/CA/San Francisco Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Port San Pablo Yacht Harbor/CA/San Pablo Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Palo Alto/CA/South San Francisco Bay (1981, Nichols and Thompson 1985); CA/Grizzly Bay (Peterson et al. 2010, dry years); Sherman Island/CA/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Hopkins 1986); CA/Elkhorn Slough (Blake and Woodwick 1975, cited by Carlton 1979); South Marsh Trail/CA/Elkhorn Slough (Wasson et al. 2001); Fresh-Brackish-Estuarine transition (Sacramento-River-Suisun-San Pablo, mean salinity 4.9 PSU) to Marine-Muddy (Central and South Bay, mean salinity 27.5 PSU); Kirby Park/CA/Elkhorn Slough (Wasson et al. 2001); CA/Elkhorn Slough; Moss Landing/CA/Moss Landing Harbor (2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); CA/Morro Bay (1960, Reish and Barnard 1960; Blake 1966, cited by Carlton 1979; 011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Oyster Accidental
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHerbivory
Nichols and Thompson (1985) suggested that an upstream movement of abundant suspension-feeding benthos, including S. benedicti, was responsible for a decline in phytoplankton biomass in Suisun Bay during a period of low river flow and high salinity 1976-1977.
 

References

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