Ecological notes and patterns of dispersal in the recently introduced mussel, Perna perna (Linne 1758) in the Gulf of Mexico

Abstract

From the Abstract: “Invasive mussels, Perna perna (Linne, 1758), were first detected in south Texas on the jetties at Port Aransas in February 1990. Within four years the species has colonized jetties, navigation buoys, petroleum platforms, wrecks, and other artificial hard substrata as well as natural rocky shores between Matagorda Peninsula, Texas and Playa Escondida, southern Veracruz, Mexico, a distance of over 1,300 km…On oil production platforms, 6–27 km offshsore from Port Aransas, the species occurs from the intertidal zone down to depths of 9 m.”