Non-indigenous estuarine and marine organisms

Abbreviations used:

[B.]: found in the Baltic Sea.
[Oreg.]: found in Other regions
[Exp.]: found in Experimental studies.

Notes:

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2. Other links include full bibliographic reference(s)
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	Gulf of Bothnia /all species
	Gulf of Bothnia /all species

Alien species name	First observed	Taxon	Ecofunctional group	Origin	Vector of introduction	Salinity range in native habitats	Ecological impact
Acartia tonsa	1925	Crustacea	Zooplankton suspension feeders	Indo-Pacific North America	Shipping	Polymixohaline	Benthic-pelagic interaction [B.] Bioacummulation [B., Exp., Oreg.] Community dominance [B., Oreg.] Competition [Oreg.] Food-prey [B., Oreg.] Herbivory [Oreg.]
Acipenser ruthenus	1948	Pisces	Fish predacious	Ponto-Caspian	Stocking	Limnetic	Hybridization [Oreg.]
Acipenser stellatus	1999	Pisces	Fish predacious	Ponto-Caspian	Stocking	Limnetic to Polymixohaline	Transfer of parasites and diseases [Oreg.]
Balanus improvisus	1844	Crustacea	Benthic suspension feeders	North America	Shipping	Polymixohaline to Euhaline	Benthic-pelagic interaction [B., Exp., Oreg.] Bioacummulation [B.] Community dominance [B., Oreg.] Competition [B.] Food-prey [B.] Habitat change [B.]
Boccardia redeki	1960	Polychaeta	Benthic suspension feeders	North Sea	Shipping		Unknown
Branta canadensis	1930	Aves	Birds	North America	Stocking	Limnetic	Bioacummulation [Oreg.] Competition Habitat change [Exp., Oreg.] Herbivory [Oreg.] Hybridization [Oreg.] Transfer of parasites and diseases [Oreg.]
Cercopagis pengoi	1992	Crustacea	Zooplankton predators	Ponto-Caspian	Shipping	Limnetic	Benthic-pelagic interaction [B.] Community dominance [B., Oreg.] Competition [B.] Food-prey [B.] Herbivory [B.] Predation [B., Exp., Oreg.]
Chara connivens	1858	Characea	Macrophytes	West Europe (inland waters)	Shipping	Limnetic	Benthic-pelagic interaction [Oreg.] Competition [Oreg.] Food-prey [Exp.]
Cordylophora caspia	1803 **	Hydrozoa	Benthic suspension feeders	Ponto-Caspian	Shipping	Limnetic to Euhaline	Benthic-pelagic interaction [Oreg.] Bioacummulation [Exp.] Community dominance [B.] Competition [B., Oreg.] Habitat change [B., Oreg.] Predation [B., Oreg.]
Coregonus peled	1960 **	Pisces	Fish planktivorous	Asia, Siberia (inland waters)	Stocking	Limnetic	Hybridization [B., Oreg.] Predation [Oreg.]
Elodea canadensis	1870 **	Hydrocharitacea	Macrophytes	North America	Ornamental	Limnetic	Benthic-pelagic interaction [Exp., Oreg.] Bioacummulation [Exp., Oreg.] Community dominance [Oreg.] Competition [Oreg.] Food-prey [Oreg.] Habitat change [Oreg.]
Eriocheir sinensis	1926	Crustacea	Benthic omnivors	China Seas	Shipping	Limnetic to Polymixohaline	Bioacummulation [B., Oreg.] Competition [B., Oreg.] Food-prey [Oreg.] Habitat change [B., Oreg.] Herbivory [B.] Predation [B., Oreg.] Transfer of parasites and diseases [Oreg.]
Hemimysis anomala	1962	Crustacea	Nekto-benthic invertebrates	Ponto-Caspian	Stocking	Limnetic	Competition [Oreg.] Food-prey [Oreg.] Herbivory [Oreg.] Predation [Oreg.]
Marenzelleria arctia	2005	Polychaeta	Benthic deposit feeders	Arctic waters	Shipping	Limnetic to Polymixohaline	Community dominance [Oreg.]
Marenzelleria neglecta	1985	Polychaeta	Benthic deposit feeders Benthic suspension feeders	North America	Shipping	Polymixohaline to Euhaline	Benthic-pelagic interaction [B.] Community dominance [B., Oreg.] Competition [B., Exp., Oreg.] Food-prey [B.] Habitat change [B.] Predation [B.]
Marenzelleria viridis	2005	Polychaeta	Benthic deposit feeders	North America	Shipping		Unknown
Mya arenaria	1245 **	Mollusca	Benthic suspension feeders	North America	Shipping	Polymixohaline to Euhaline	Benthic-pelagic interaction [B., Exp., Oreg.] Bioacummulation [B.] Community dominance [B., Oreg.] Competition [B., Oreg.] Food-prey [B., Oreg.] Habitat change [B., Exp., Oreg.]
Mustela vison	1925	Mammalia	Mammals	North America	Stocking		Competition [Oreg.] Predation [B., Oreg.]
Oncorhynchus mykiss	1890	Pisces	Fish predacious	Pacific	Stocking	Limnetic to Euhaline	Competition [Oreg.] Food-prey [Exp.] Habitat change [Oreg.] Hybridization [Oreg.] Predation [Exp.] Transfer of parasites and diseases [Oreg.]
Oncorhynchus tshawytcha	1933	Pisces	Fish predacious	Pacific	Stocking	Limnetic to Euhaline	Predation [Oreg.]
Ondatra zibethica	1925 **	Mammalia	Mammals	North America	Stocking	Limnetic	Habitat change [Oreg.] Herbivory [Oreg.] Predation [Oreg.]
Pacifastacus leniusculus	1960 **	Crustacea	Benthic omnivors	North America	Stocking		Competition [Exp.] Habitat change [Exp.] Herbivory [Oreg.] Predation [Exp.] Transfer of parasites and diseases [Oreg.]
Potamopyrgus antipodarum	1887	Mollusca	Benthic deposit feeders	Pacific	Shipping	Limnetic to Polymixohaline	Community dominance [B.] Competition [Oreg.] Food-prey [B., Oreg.] Herbivory [Oreg.] Transfer of parasites and diseases [Oreg.]
Salvelinus namaycush	1899	Pisces	Fish predacious	North America	Stocking	Limnetic	Bioacummulation [Oreg.] Hybridization [Oreg.] Predation [Oreg.]
Victorella pavida	1911	Bryozoa	Benthic suspension feeders	Indian Ocean	Shipping		Competition [Oreg.] Food-prey [Oreg.] Habitat change [Oreg.]

The mark ** next to the year means, that only decade (sometimes even century) is known.