Species Regional Summary
Carcinus maenas
Buzzards Bay ( M010 )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: New Bedford/MA/Buzzards Bay (1853, MCZ 5411, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2009)

Geographic Extent

Woods Hole/MA/Vineyard Sound-Buzzards Bay (Verrill and Smith 1873); "various connecting ponds and estuaries"/Woods Hole/MA/Eel Pond (Vineyard Sound) (Verrill and Smith 1873); Tripps Marina, Westport/MA/Westport River (Buzzards Bay) (MIT Sea Grant 2002); New Bedford/MA/Buzzards Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2002); Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Bourne/MA/Buzzards Bay (MIT Sea Grant 2002); New Bedford/MA/Buzzards Bay (MCZ 5411, Museum of Comparative Zoology 2009)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Hull Fouling
Alternate Dry Ballast
Alternate Natural Dispersal

Regional Impacts

References

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