Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: FL/Ponce de Leon Inlet, Indian River Lagoon (10/2002, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2002; Baker et al. 2007, 29 04 N, 80 56 W)
Geographic Extent
FL/Ponce de Leon Inlet, Indian River Lagoon (10/2002, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2002; Baker et al. 2007, 29 04 N, 80 56 W); Freddie Patrick Park, Cocoa/FL/Indian River Lagoon (2010, Spinuzzi et al. 2012); FL/Mosquito Lagoon (9/2004, Baker et al. 2007, 28 42 N, 80 43 W, single specimen); Malabar, Brevard County/FL/Indian River (8/10/09, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2009, 28.0036298 -80.5656089); FL/Sebastian Inlet (10/2006, Baker et al. 2007, 27 51 N, 80 27 W, Juveniles common); Fort Pierce/FL/Indian River Lagoon (10/2006, Baker et al. 2007; Sherry Reed, personal communication, 2007, 27 28 N, 80 18 W); Stuart/FL/St. Lucie River (10/13/2009, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program 2009); near river mile 4 on north bank in Jupiter/FL/Loxahatchee River (9/26/09, USGS Nonindigenous Species Program)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Alternate | Ballast Water |
| Alternate | Hull Fouling |
| Alternate | Discarded Bait |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Competition | |
| In experiments in Mosquito Lagoon, Florida, Perna viridis, on fouling plates, reduced the settlement of larvae of Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), but did not affect the growth of oyster spat (Yuan et al. 2016). | ||