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Cohen, A.N., and J.T. Carlton. 1995. Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary, A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. A report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant. http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/conn/connt95002/connt95002full.pdf.
Reference Details:
Reference Number: 10319
Type: Report
Author: Cohen, A.N., and J.T. Carlton.
Date (year): 1995
Report TitleNonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary, A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta.
Publisher:A report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant.
Publisher Location:
Pages: 246 pp
URL: http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/conn/connt95002/connt95002full.pdf
Keywords: introduced species, distribution, San Francisco Bay, San Francisco Delta, nonindigenous, environmental impacts, ecological interactions, Procambarus clarkii, Red Swamp Crayfish, Urnatella gracilis
Species Profiles and Specimens that use this Reference:

Blackfordia virginica

    CA - Napa River (Napa, CA)
    CA - Petaluma River

Carcinus maenas

    CA - Estero Americano [Sonoma/Marin County line, Bodega Bay]
    CA - Redwood Shores Lagoon [Redwood City, CA]
    CA - San Francisco Bay south of Dumbarton Bridge [Menlo Park, CA]
    CA - Carquinez Strait at Benicia, CA
    CA - Drakes Estero [Drakes Bay, W of Point Reyes Sta]
    CA - Tomales Bay (just north of San Francisco)
    CA - Bodega Bay
    CA - Elkhorn Slough [Moss Landing, CA]
    CA - Arcata Bay E side of bay

Cipangopaludina chinensis

    IA - Sioux City, IA (Missouri River?)

Cordylophora caspia

    CA - San Joaquin River at Antioch, CA
    CA - Delta-Mendota Canal [E of Monterey Bay]
    CA - Lake Merced (San Francisco water supply)

Cotula coronopifolia

    OR - Coastal Oregon
    CA - Coastal California
    CA - Coastal California
    CA - Coastal California
    CA - San Francisco Peninsula
    OR - Coastal Oregon
    CA - San Francisco Bay, saltmarshes
    CA - Delta region of the San Francisco Bay
    CA - Suisun Marsh
    CA - Suisun Marsh
    CA - Suisan Bay, tidal marshes

Egeria densa

    CA - Contra Costa Canal
    CA - Contra Costa County
    CA - San Francisco Bay Area
    CA - San Joaquin valley
    CA - Sierra Nevada, both sides
    CA - San Joaquin County

Eichhornia crassipes

    CA - Sacramento River Delta
    CA - Sacramento River near Clarksburg
    CA - Kings River
    CA - Sacramento River Delta
    CA - Santa Ana River
    CA - Merced River
    CA - San Francisco Bay Area
    CA - The Delta and San Joaquin Valley drainage
    CA - Bacon Island

Eriocheir sinensis

    CA - San Francisco Bay (southern portion)

Faxonius virilis

    CA - Chico
    CA - Cosumnes River [see Sacramento, CA area]
    CA - Putah Creek [county line between Yolo and Solano Countys]
    CA - Yolo County ditches
    CA - Butte County ditches
    CA - Colusa County ditches

Iris pseudacorus

    NY - near Poughkeepsie
    NY - Ithaca, near the city
    MA - state non-specific
    CA - San Francisco Bay Area
    CA - South San Joaquin Valley
    CA - Islets in the Delta
    CA - Merced County, moving down the watercourses in the county

Limnoithona sinensis

    CA - San Joaquin River at Stockton
    CA - San Joaquin River at Stockton

Limnoithona tetraspina

    CA - Suisun Bay at Chipps Island [N of West Pittsburg, CA]
    CA - Sacramento River at Collinsville, CA
    CA - Sacramento River at Hood, CA

Melanoides tuberculata

    CA - ditch in Riverside County, CA

Myriophyllum aquaticum

    CA - San Joaquin Delta drainage

Myriophyllum spicatum

    CA - San Francisco Bay Area
    CA - San Francisco Delta
    CA - San Joaquin valley

Nasturtium officinale

    CA - San Francisco Delta
    CA - San Francisco Delta

Pacifastacus leniusculus

    CA - San Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz
    CA - pond on the Shebley Ranch between Colfax and Grass Valley, CA
    CA - Monterey County

Potamogeton crispus

    CA - San Francisco Bay Area,
    CA - Central Valley Area, cismontane California
    CA - San Joaquin Delta drainage

Procambarus clarkii

    CA - stream near Pasadena, CA
    CA - Lakeside, ponds
    CA - Suisun Bay at Shell Marsh, east of Martinez, CA
    CA - San Francisco Bay at Coyote Hills Marsh in Alameda, CA

Pseudodiaptomus forbesi

    CA - Suisun Bay [Port Chicago, US Naval Station]
    CA - San Joaquin River near Stockton

Rhithropanopeus harrisii

    CA - Lake Merritt, Oakland
    OR - Coos Bay
    OR - Netarts Bay (near Netarts, OR)
    OR - Yaquina Bay [Newport, OR]
    OR - Umpqua River
    CA - Petaluma River at Petaluma, CA
    CA - Carquinez Strait at Martinez, CA
    CA - Delta-Mendota Canal [E of Monterey Bay]

Sinocalanus doerri

    CA - Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Pittsburg, CA
    CA - Sacramento River at Hood, CA
    CA - San Joaquin River at Stockton
    CA - San Pablo Bay (north of San Francisco Bay)
    CA - San Pablo Bay (north of San Francisco Bay)

Sporobolus alterniflorus

    WA - Strait of Juan de Fuca, several areas at the eastern end, including Whidbey Island and Camano Island.
    CA - Coyote Hills Slough, San Francisco Bay
    CA - Coyote Hills Slough, along the north shore
    CA - San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge
    CA - National Wildlife Refuge near Alviso
    CA - Elsie Romer Wildlife Refuge, SW shore Alameda Island
    CA - Elsie Roemer Wildlife Refuge, SW shore Alameda Island.
    CA - northeast Bay Farm Island, south of Alameda Island
    WA - Willapa Bay
    CA - Cargill salt ponds, near Newark

Sporobolus pumilus

    CA - Southampton Bay, Southampton Marsh

Urnatella gracilis

    CA - Delta-Mendota Canal [E of Monterey Bay]


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