Invasion
Invasion Description
None
Geographic Extent
Addison/ME/Pleasant Bay (1976, Larsen and Doggett 1991); Jonesboro/ME/Englishman Bay )Comitto 1982)
Vectors
Level | Vector |
---|---|
Alternate | Dry Ballast |
Alternate | Ballast Water |
Regional Impacts
Ecological Impact | Food/Prey | |
Corophium volutator is a major prey item for the Clamworm Alitta virens in mudflats near Jonesboro, Maine. The predatory polychaete controls the abundance of C. volutator in this system (Comitto 1982). | ||