Invasion
Invasion Description
Type Locality, 1st Record? Germany/Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain (1985, Bick and Burckhardt 1989, cited by Sikorski and Bick 2004)
Geographic Extent
Rugen Island/Germany/Baltic Sea (2005, Bastrop and Blank 2006); Germany/Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain (1985, 1985, Bick and Burckhardt 1989, cited by Sikorski and Bick 2004; 1990, 1995, 2000, Sikorski and Bick 2004, 4-7 PSU)
Vectors
| Level | Vector |
|---|---|
| Probable | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
| Ecological Impact | Bioturbation | |
| Deep burrowing by Marenzelleria neglecta results in increased fluxes of nitrate and phosphate from sediments (Renz and Forster 2013; Renz and Forster 2014). However, in experiments, M. neglecta had lower rates of irrigation and survival in high salinity Baltic water and sediment (22 PSU) and low salinity water and sediment (6 PSU) (Quintana et al. 2018). | ||