Species Regional Summary
Amphibalanus improvisus
Monterey Bay ( P080 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

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. 1-36

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>

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


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