Invasive Sea Squirt Threatens Connecticut's $30 Million Shellfish Industry
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 09:30
in Earth & Climate
The invasive sea squirt, Styela clava, has now been discovered along the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Bridgeport Harbor and poses a significant danger to Connecticut's $30 million shellfish business, according to field research conducted by Carmela Cuomo, head of the marine biology program at the University of New Haven, and several of her students.