Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus improvisus
Chesapeake Bay ( M130 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

None

Geographic Extent

Kent County/MD/off Still Pond, Chesapeake Bay (1978, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Wan Point Bar, Kent County/MD/Chesapeake Bay (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Annapolis, Sandy Point/MD/Chesapeake Bay (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Anne Arundel County/MD/South River (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Cabin Creek Oyster Bar/MD/Choptank River, Chesapeake Bay (collected 1980, USNM 181525); Chesapeake Beach/MD/Chesapeake Bay (USNM 51788, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Fairhaven/MD/Herring Bay (USNM 79225, 2002); Solomons Island/MD/Chesapeake Bay (1944, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Camp Roosevelt/MD/Chesapeake Bay (1937, USNM 79213, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); MD/Potomac River, Cornfield Harbor (1932, USNM 85059); Riverside, Charles Co./MD/Potomac River (USNM 85058, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Lower Cedar Point Bar/MD/Potomac River (USNM 85060, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Poseys Bluff Bar/MD/Potomac River, 1942 (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Liverpool Beach, Charles County/MD/Potomac River (1935, USNM 85068, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002); Heron Island Bar/MD/Potomac River (USNM 97560, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002; Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Blake Creek Bar/MD/Potomac River (USNM 97562, Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Swan Point Bar, Charles County/ MD/Potomac River (USNM 97571); Ragged Point, Dorchester County (Henry and McLaughlin 1975); Marumsco Bar/MD/Pocomoke Sound (Kennedy and DiCosimo 1983); Hog Island/VA/James River (Thompson 1993); Off Cape Henry Light/VA/Chesapeake Bay-Atlantic Ocean (USNM 58191, U.S. National Museum of Natural History 2002)

Vectors

Level Vector

Regional Impacts

References

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