Species Regional Summary
Dreissena polymorpha
_CDA_L047 (Little Calumet-Galien) ( L047 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: East Chicago/IN/Lake George Canal, Lake Michigan (5/3/1988, Carlton 2008, several shells collected)

Geographic Extent

East Chicago/IN/Lake George Canal, Lake Michigan (5/3/1988, Carlton 2008, several shells collected); Amoco Oil Company at Whiting/IN/Lake Michigan (1989, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)

Vectors

Level Vector
Probable Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

References

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