Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record- CA/Monterey Bay (establishment unknown, 1916, Carlton and Zullo 1969; Carlton 1979); 1st established record: CA/Elkhorn Slough (1998, Wasson et al. 1998; de Rivera et al. 2005)
Geographic Extent
CA/Monterey Bay (establishment unknown, 1916, Carlton and Zullo 1969; Carlton 1979); CA/Mouth of Salinas River, Monterey Bay (establishment unknown, 1954, Carlton and Zullo 1969; Carlton 1979); CA/Elkhorn Slough (established, 1998, Wasson et al. 1998; de Rivera et al. 2005); Moss Landing/CA/Moss Landing Harbor (2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Oyster Accidental |
Regional Impacts
References
California Department of Fish and Wildlife (2014) <missing title>, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento CA. Pp. 1-36Carlton, 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>
Wasson, Kerstin; Zabin, C. J.; Bedinger, L.; Diaz, M. C.; Pearse J. S. (2001) Biological invasions of estuaries without international shipping: the importance of intraregional transport, Biological Conservation 102: 143-153