Specimen Information

Dreissena polymorpha
Dreissena polymorpha
(zebra mussel)
Mollusks-Bivalves
Exotic

Specimen ID1546311
GroupMollusks-Bivalves
GenusDreissena
Speciespolymorpha
Common Namezebra mussel
StateNY
CountyOneida
LocalityOneida Lake - 2015 40-2
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameOneida
HUC8 Number04140202
HUC10 NameOneida Lake-Oneida River
HUC10 Number0414020208
HUC12 NameOneida Lake
HUC12 Number041402020808
Map
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Collection Day23
Collection Month9
Collection Year2015
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayshipping ballast water
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:32963
Author:Hetherington, A.L., L.G. Rudstam, R.L. Schneider, K.T. Holeck, C.W. Hotaling, J.E. Cooper, and J.R. Jackson
Date:2019
Title:Invader invaded: population dynamics of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis) in polymictic Oneida Lake, NY, USA (1992–2013)
Journal:Biological Invasions
Volume:21
Issue:5
Pages:1529-1544
Reference 2
Ref. Number:33097
Author:Rudstam, L.G.
Date:2019
Title:Lakewide zebra and quagga mussel summary, Oneida Lake, New York, 1992 to present
Publisher:Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity
Record TypeLiterature
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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