Species Regional Summary
Eriocheir sinensis
None ( B-II )

Invasion History Vectors Impacts References

Invasion

Invasion Description

1st Record: Denmark-Sweden/Kattegat (1928, Panning 1939; Herborg et al. 2003) Occurrences of ripe adults in Lake Vanern and the Cota Canal suggest the possibility of a breeding population in the Kattegat-Skagerrak (Drotz et al. 2010)

Geographic Extent

Denmark-Sweden/Kattegat (1928, Panning 1939; Herborg et al. 2003); Goteborg/Sweden/Bay of Älvsborgsfjorden, (1936, Drotz et al. 2010); Karlsborg/Sweden/Gota Canal (1937, Drotz et al. 2010)

Vectors

Level Vector
Alternate Natural Dispersal
Alternate Ballast Water
Alternate Hull Fouling

Regional Impacts

References

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