Invasion
Invasion Description
1st record; Berkeley Marina /CA/San Francisco Bay (1973, Cohen and Carlton 1995)
Geographic Extent
CA/Tomales Bay (1973?, Cohen 2005, Kjeldsen 1995, A checklist of the marine algae in the vicinity of Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California. Collections from Sonoma, Marin, and Mendocino counties., cited at http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/guide/brown83.html ); Berkeley Marina /CA/San Francisco Bay (1973, Cohen and Carlton 1995); Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco/CA/Golden Gate (1984, Silva 1979, Danek 1984, cited by Cohen and Carlton 1996); San Francisco Yacht Harbor/CA/San Francisco Bay (1984, Silva 1979, Danek 1984, cited by Cohen and Carlton 1996); Tiburon/CA/San Francisco Bay; Alameda/CA/San Francisco Bay (1984, Silva 1979, Danek 1984, cited by Cohen and Carlton 1996);; Sausalito/CA/San Francisco Bay (1984, Silva 1979, Danek 1984, cited by Cohen and Carlton 1996) ; Pier 39, San Francisco/CA/San Francisco Bay (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Presidio Yacht Club, San Francisco/CA/Golden Gate (2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Fruitvale Bridge, Alameda/CA/Oakland estuary 2004, Cohen et al. 2005); Twin Sisters/CA/San Pablo Bay (1983, Josselyn and West 1985, infrequent, 37.988333, -122.441111); Monterey/CA/Monterey Bay (1977, Carlton et al. 1996; Cohen 2005); CA/Elkhorn Slough (1977, Cohen 2005); Moss Landing/CA/Moss Landing Harbor (2011, California Department of Fish and Wildlife 2014); Carmel/CA/Carmel Bay (1977, Carlton et al. 1996; Cohen 2005); San Luis Obispo County/CA/Pacific Ocean (1973, Norton 1981); Diablo Canyon/CA/Pacific Ocean (2004, Maloney 2006)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Oyster Accidental |
Alternate | Hull Fouling |
Alternate | Natural Dispersal |
Regional Impacts
Ecological Impact | Habitat Change | |
In field cage experiments, juvenile Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawystcha) were reared in several habitats, bare sand, Eelgrass (Zostera marina, Sargassum muticum and mixed Eelgrass-Sargassum. Growth was best in the mixed habitat, suggesting that habitat variety is important (Hughes et al. 2020). | ||