Invasion
Invasion Description
1st Record: Thunder Bay/Ontario/Lake Superior (2001, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007)
Geographic Extent
near Duluth/MN/St. Louis River estuary, Lake Superior (2005, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007; Trebitz et al. 2012); Thunder Bay/Ontario/Lake Superior (2001, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2007); off Waukegan/IL/Lake Michigan (2006, USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Program 2008)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
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Alternate | Fisheries Accidental (not Oyster) |
Alternate | Aquatic Plant Shipments |
Alternate | Ballast Water |
Alternate | Hull Fouling |