Specimen Information

Zostera japonica
Zostera japonica
(Japanese eelgrass)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID256179
GroupPlants
GenusZostera
Speciesjaponica
Common NameJapanese eelgrass
StateOR
CountyCoos
LocalityCoquille River estuary
Mapping AccuracyAccurate
HUC8 NameCoquille
HUC8 Number17100305
HUC10 NameCoquille River
HUC10 Number1710030505
HUC12 NameCoquille River Estuary
HUC12 Number171003050506
Map
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Collection Year1999
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusestablished
Reference 1
Ref. Number:18159
Author:Bando, K.J.
Date:2006
Title:The roles of competition and disturbance in a marine invasion.
Journal:Biological Invasions
Volume:8
Pages:755-763
Reference 2
Ref. Number:18160
Author:Larned, S.T.
Date:2003
Title:Effects of the invasive, nonindigenous seagrass Zostera japonica on nutrient fluxes between the water column and benthos in a NE Pacific estuary.
Journal:Marine Ecology Progress Series
Volume:254
Pages:69-80
Record TypeLiterature
Earliest Recorddrainage
Freshwater/MarineBrackish


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