@article {36181,
	title = {Boring crustaceans damage polystyrene floats under docks polluting marine waters with microplastic},
	journal = {Marine Pollution Bulletin},
	volume = {64},
	number = {9},
	year = {2012},
	note = {A nonindegenous boring isopod, <i>S. quoianum</i>, bores into Styrofoam floats commonly used in docks, espeically at aquaculture facilities.  The process of boring out burrows in the plastic caused microplastic pollution, which can harm species that eat it, and release persistent pollutants. Floats at an oyster farm in Yaquina Bay and a similar facility at Tainan, Taiwan were severely damaged by the borers. A survey of the shoreline around Yaquina Bay was made looking for microparticles from damaged floats. Includes photographs of damaged floats from Yaquina Bay.  The type of plastic influenced the boring:  while the softer Styrofoam floats were ideal habitat, the isopods avoided harder XPS foam in the laboratory.  Coos Bay was also surveyed},
	pages = {p.1821-1828},
	keywords = {aquaculture, Coos Bay, crustaceans, invasive species, isopods, pollution, salinity, Sphaeroma quoianum, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Bay Oyster Farm},
	doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.06.005},
	author = {Davidson, Timothy M.}
}
@article {34211,
	title = {Regional Surveys and Outreach for the Non-Indigenous Burrowing Isopod, <i>Sphaeroma quoianum</i>.},
	year = {2008},
	note = {"Report Submitted to the Western Regional Panel on Aquatic Nuisance Species, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service."  "While S. quoianum has not spread to these new areas, ... the populations in Yaquina Bay appear to have expanded since 2005. S. quoianum was found in 42\% (21/50) of surveyed sites in Yaquina Bay and some sites hosted very high densities of the isopod... In addition, S. quoianum is now potentially impacting the local economy of Yaquina Bay: Oregon Oyster replaced their dock floats recently and nearly every one of the 60 one-meter long newly removed Styrofoam billets were riddled with S. quoianum burrows..." (p.10)  Includes photographs of damaged floats at Oregon Oyster Farms on Yaquina Bay.},
	month = {[2008?]},
	pages = {19 p.},
	address = {[Portland, Or.]},
	keywords = {Coos Bay, erosion, invasive species, isopods, Oregon Oyster Farms, Sphaeroma quoianum, Yaquina Bay},
	url = {https://westernregionalpanel.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/SphaeromaFinalReport.pdf},
	author = {Davidson, Timothy M. and de Rivera, Catherine E.}
}
