The GREEN
SHORE CRAB can tolerate temperatures from freezing to over 30C, water salinity from almost fresh to concentrated brine and can survive for up to 10 days out of water in a damp place.
Close to home, the classic example has been Eastern
Shore crab picking houses where hundreds of foreign workers with H-2B visas have proved to be the difference between prosperity and bankruptcy.
Scientists claim the green
shore crab can breathe in food through its gills so it can find something to eat even when there aren't any other crabs around for it to cannibalize, making it a much more potent enemy to the rest of the creatures in the ocean.
The biology of the
shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.) 1.
Predator-prey interaction between hatchery-reared Japanese flounder juvenile, Paralichthys olivaceus, and sandy
shore crab, Matuta lunaris: daily rhythms, anti-predator conditioning and starvation.
Teachers expressed the need for a challenge unique from popular SeaPerch and robotics competitions, so the Eastern
Shore Crab Boat Engineering Design Challenge was conceived.
Spatial and temporal movement of the lined
shore crab (Pachygrapsus crassipes) in salt marshes and its utility as an indicator of habitat condition.
With squeals of excitement our son lifted a large green
shore crab into his bucket of river water.
A group of four marine ecology students at the University of Maine at Machias found an Asian
shore crab last week while on a field trip to Great Wass Island, in Beals.
On the population biology of the mottled
shore crab Pachygrapsus transversus (Gibbes, 1850) (Brachyura, Grapsidae) in a subtropical area.
The Asian
shore crab arrived in New Jersey in 1988 and has since spread to New England and North Carolina.