Specimen Information

Dreissena bugensis
Dreissena bugensis
(quagga mussel)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

Specimen ID1321671
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusDreissena
Speciesbugensis
Common Namequagga mussel
StateMI
CountyBenzie
LocalityStation 9587
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameLake Michigan
HUC8 Number04190000
HUC10 NameLake Michigan
HUC10 Number0419000002
HUC12 NameLake Michigan
HUC12 Number041900000200
Map
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Collection Month7
Collection Year2010
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water | unknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:28738
Author:Baldridge, Ashley
Date:2016
Title:Tech memo 164, Baldridge Unpub> Lake Michigan Dreissena Density Database 3 May 2016
Publisher:NOAA GLERL
Reference 2
Ref. Number:28933
Author:Nalepa, T.F.. D.L. Fanslow, G.A. Lang, K.Mabrey, and M.Rowe
Date:2014
Title:Lake-Wide Benthic Surveys in Lake Michigan in 1994-95, 2000, 2005, and 2010: Abundances of the Ampipod Diporeia Spp. and Abundances and Biomass of the Mussels Driessena Polymorpha and Dreissena Rostriformis Bugensis
CommentsQuagga mussels present 2010
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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