Specimen ID | 862450 |
Group | Mollusks-Bivalves |
Genus | Dreissena |
Species | bugensis |
Common Name | quagga mussel |
State | PA |
County | Lancaster |
Locality | Billmeyer Quarry [=Bainbridge Quarry], Bainbridge |
Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
HUC8 Name | Lower Susquehanna |
HUC8 Number | 02050306 |
HUC10 Name | Susquehanna River |
HUC10 Number | 0205030617 |
HUC12 Name | Hartman Run-Susquehanna River |
HUC12 Number | 020503061702 |
Map | |
Collection Month | 9 |
Collection Year | 2009 |
Year Accuracy | Actual |
Potential Pathway | hitch hiker on small watercraft | dispersed |
Status | eradicated |
Reference 1 |
Ref. Number: | 33494 |
Author: | Hammond, D. and G. Ferris. |
Date: | 2019 |
Title: | Low doses of EarthTec QZ ionic copper used in effort to eradicate quagga mussels from an entire Pennsylvania lake. |
Journal: | Management of Biological Invasions |
Volume: | 10 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 500-516 |
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Comments | Eradication attempted with a copper-based product in October 2017 and deemed successful. |
Record Type | Personal communication |
Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |