Species Regional Summary
Corbicula fluminea
Columbia River ( P260 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Knappton, Pacific County/WA/Columbia River (1938, Counts 1986)

Geographic Extent

: Knappton, Pacific County/WA/Columbia River (1938, Counts 1986); Sauvie Island, Portland/OR/Columbia River (1943, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); Bonneville Dam-Astoria/OR-WA/Columbia River (1949, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); Longview/WA/Tidal Drainage Ditch (4/18/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004, 46.1505, -123.0145); Willow Grove Boat Launch/WA/Columbia River (4/18/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004, 46.1738, -123.0853); Kalama, Sportsmens Club Road Boat Launch/WA/Columbia River (6/27/2002, Sytsma et al. 2002, 446.0392, -122.8745); (Sytsma et al. 2004); Woodland/WA/Burke Slough (4/18/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004, 45.9251, -122.7970); OR/Knappa Slough, Columbia River (6/28/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004, 46.1867, -123.5917); Karlson Island/OR/Columbia River (6/28/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004, 46.2038, -123.6219); Russian Island/OR/Columbia River (6/28/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004, 46.1932, -123.6131); Marsh Island/OR/Columbia River (6/28/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004, 46.2073, -123.5882); Astoria Yacht Club (4/17/2002, 7/8/2002, Sytsma et al. 2004,46.1705, -123.8363, 0.75ppt, 6ppt); Cowlitz County/WA.Martin Slough, Columbia River (1999, Wilson and Partirdge 2007); Vancouver/WA/Columbia River (2005-2013, larvae comprised a mean of13% of zooplankton individuals); Kalama and Blurock/WA/Columbia River estuary (Henricksen and Bollens 2021)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster)
Alternate Fisheries Intentional
Alternate Ballast Water

Regional Impacts

Ecological ImpactHerbivory
In reservoirs, Corbicula preferentually filtered diatoms, but in the tidal river, near Portland, they preferred flagellates, but in both environments, they avoided cyanobacteria (Bolam et al. 2019).
 

References

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