Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus improvisus
Pt. Conception to Southern Baja California ( NEP-VI )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: San Pedro/CA/Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors (1932, Carlton and Zullo 1969; Carlton 1979)

Geographic Extent

1st Record: CA/Marina de Rey (2015, Ruiz and Geller 2021); San Pedro/CA/Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbors (1932, Carlton and Zullo 1969; Carlton 1979; 2017, Ruiz and Geller 2021); CA/Mission Bay (2013, Ruiz and Geller 2021);); San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay (Carlton and Zullo 1969; Carlton 1979); San Diego/CA/Oneonta Slough, Tijuana River (2003, de Rivera et al. 2005, 2.56765N; 117.1316W, 1 specimen, fouling plate); CA/San Diego Bay (2013, Ruiz and Geller 2021)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

Carlton, James T. (1979) <missing title>, Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Davis. Pp. 1-904

Carlton, James T.; Zullo, Victor A. (1969) Early records of the barnacle Balanus improvisus Darwin from the Pacific coast of North America, Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 75: 1-6

de Rivera, Catherine, and 27 authors (2005a) <missing title>, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington, D.C.. Pp. <missing location>

Ruiz, Gregory; Geller, Jonathan (2021) <missing title>, Marine Invasive Species Program, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento CA. Pp. 153 ppl.


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