Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: South Australia/West Lakes (2002, Wiltshire et al. 2010,. Eradicated in the marine lake in 2003 by diverting freshwater into the lake, population persists in the lake's marine outlets, Port River and Barker inlet)
Geographic Extent
South Australia/West Lakes (2002, Wiltshire et al. 2010, eradicated); South Australia/Port River-Barker Inlet (2003, Wiltshire et al. 2010); Adeleaide/South Australia/North Arm, Port River Estuary (2002, Burfeind et al. 2013)
Vectors
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Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
| Caulerpa taxifolia in the Port River-Barker Inlet estuary, South Australia, supported a much greater (4-9X) abundance of epifauna than a native seagrass bed (Zostera capricorni, with ophiuroids (brittle stars), in particular being more abundant in C. taxifolia. Infauna was slightly less abundant in the Caulerpa bed than in the Zostera bed (Tanner 2012). | ||