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

Carlton, James T. (2008) The Zebra Mussel Dreissena polymorpha found in North America in 1986 and 1987, Journal of Great Lakes Research 34: 770-773


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