Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record? Mystic/CT/Mystic River estuary, Fishers Island Sound (1990, Carlton et al. 2011). 'Amphibalanus amphitrite appears to be a regular, albeit uncommon, element of Long Island Sound fouling communities by mid to late summer' (Carlton et al. 2011).
Geographic Extent
Mystic/CT/Mystic River estuary, Fishers Island Sound (1990, Carlton et al. 2010); Avery Point, Groton/CT/ Fishers Island Sound (2000, Whitlach, personal communication, cited by Carlton et al. 2010)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Ballast Water |