Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay (1998, Ranasinghe et al. 2005)
Geographic Extent
San Diego/CA/San Diego Bay (1998, Ranasinghe et al. 2005)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
| Alternate | None |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| Settling of Bunodeopsis sp. A on seagrass (Zostera marina) killed plants in San Diego by shading the leaf, decreasing photosynthesis (Williams and Heck 2001, cited by Williams et al. 2007). | ||
| Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
| Settling of Bunodeopsis sp. A on seagrass (Zostera marina) killed plants in San Diego. In experiments, removal of the anemones, resulted in increased growth, due both to shading of the leaf, and weighing the leaf down, increasing self-shading (Williams and Heck 2001, cited by Williams et al. 2007). | ||