An Atlantic infaunal engineer is established in the Northeast Pacific: Clymenella torquata (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) on the British Columbia and Washington Coasts

被引：5

作者：

Mach, Megan E. ^{[1
]}

Levings, Colin D. ^{[2
]}

McDonald, P. Sean ^{[3
]}

Chan, Kai M. A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ British Columbia, Inst Resources Environm & Sustainabil Resource Ma, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada

[2] Fisheries & Oceans Canada, Sci Branch, W Vancouver Lab, Vancouver, BC V7V 1N6, Canada

[3] Univ Washington, Sch Aquat & Fishery Sci, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

来源：

BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS | 2012年 / 14卷 / 03期

关键词：

Clymenella torquata; British Columbia; Washington; Invasive marine polychaete;

D O I：

10.1007/s10530-011-0096-6

中图分类号：

X176 [生物多样性保护];

学科分类号：

090705 ;

摘要：

The Northwest Atlantic bamboo worm Clymenella torquata, believed to have been imported with commercial oyster culture, was last formally reported from the American Pacific coast more than 30 years ago from a single location. We report here that it is broadly distributed in British Columbia and is now established in Washington. In Samish Bay, Washington, this tubiculous infaunal worm creates a spongy, porous substrate that has proved detrimental to commercial oyster farms by causing the oysters to sink into the sediment and suffocate. Little is known about the ecological or economic impacts of this invasion in the Pacific Northwest.

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页数：5