/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8899/all en /newsroom/channels/news/11-new-invasive-species-detected-canadian-ports-263408 <p>A mussel never reported in Canada was identified in the port of Montreal, a soft shell clam never seen in the Arctic was discovered in the Hudson Bay in Churchill, Manitoba, and a barnacle that was not thought to occur north of San Francisco was detected in Nanaimo, British Columbia. These are invasive species and researchers from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº detected 24 of these non-indigenous species across 16 major ports in Canada, including 11 that were identified in previously unreported locations. Their findings were published Biodiversity Research.</p> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 15:33:48 +0000 priya.pajel@mail.mcgill.ca 26266 at /newsroom