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Life Sciences

Portland State University

Series

2008

Introduced organisms

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Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics

Northern Range Expansion And Coastal Occurrences Of The New Zealand Mud Snail Potamopyrgus Antipodarum (Gray, 1843) In The Northeast Pacific, Timothy Mathias Davidson, Valance E. F. Brenneis, Catherine E. De Rivera, Robyn Draheim, Graham E. Gillespie Oct 2008

Northern Range Expansion And Coastal Occurrences Of The New Zealand Mud Snail Potamopyrgus Antipodarum (Gray, 1843) In The Northeast Pacific, Timothy Mathias Davidson, Valance E. F. Brenneis, Catherine E. De Rivera, Robyn Draheim, Graham E. Gillespie

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

The New Zealand mud snail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gray, 1843) is a common invasive species in fresh and brackish water ecosystems in Europe, Australia, Japan, and North America. In some invaded habitats, P. antipodarum can reach high densities (over 500,000 snails m-2) and dominate the biomass of the benthos, leading to detrimental impacts to native biota and changes in ecosystem dynamics. We report the previously unpublished occurrence of P. antipodarum in thirteen fresh and brackish water systems adjacent to the Pacific coast of North America including a new northern range for P. antipodarum: Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British …


Green Crab Control: A Removal Effort In A Shallow Central California Estuary, Amy A. Larson, C. E. De Rivera, G. M. Ruiz, E. D. Grosholz, Mark D. Sytsma Mar 2008

Green Crab Control: A Removal Effort In A Shallow Central California Estuary, Amy A. Larson, C. E. De Rivera, G. M. Ruiz, E. D. Grosholz, Mark D. Sytsma

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Goal: To test the feasibility and effects of locally removing a well-established population of a marine organism with pelagic larvae. Removal of adult European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) from Bodega Harbor as a model system to develop and inform management options for eradication, rapid response, and control of marine invaders.