Specimen ID | 156277 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Dreissena |
Species | bugensis |
Common Name | quagga mussel |
State | NY |
County | Wayne |
Locality | Lake Ontario at Smoky Point, NY [between Rochester and Sodus Bay] |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Lake Ontario |
HUC8 Number | 04280002 |
HUC10 Name | Lake Ontario |
HUC10 Number | 0428000202 |
HUC12 Name | Lake Ontario |
HUC12 Number | 042800020200 |
Map | |
Collection Month | 10 |
Collection Year | 1992 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | shipping |
Status | established |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 9084 |
Author: | Mills, E.L., R.M. Dermott, E.F. Roseman, D. Dustin, E. Mellina, D.B. Conn, and A.P. Spidle |
Date: | 1993 |
Title: | Colonization, ecology, and population structure of the quagga mussel (Bivalvia: Dreissenidae) in the lower Great Lakes |
Journal: | Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences |
Volume: | 50 |
Pages: | 2305-2314 |
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Comments | See paper for depths and temperatures. Depths range from 25m-130m, and temperature ranges from 8.4 degrees Celsius to 3.5. These ranges are from several sites in Lake Ontario. |
Record Type | Literature |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
Number Collected | 404 |
Size | Mean= 12.8 mm |