Using online questionnaires to assess marine bio-invasions: A demonstration with recreational fishers and the Atlantic blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1986) along three Mediterranean countries.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111209
Abstract: Marine bioinvasions require integrating monitoring tools with other complementary strategies. In this study, we collected information about the invasive alien crab Callinectes sapidus in Italy, Croatia and Montenegro, by means of online questionnaires administered to… read more here.
Keywords: callinectes sapidus; online questionnaires; crab callinectes; recreational fishers ... See more keywords
Exogenous 20-hydroxyecdysone induces epidermal carbonic anhydrase but inhibits exoskeletal calcification in the post-ecdysial blue crab, Callinectes sapidus.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2018.07.018
Abstract: The crustacean exoskeleton is composed primarily of chitin, proteins and various inorganic compounds. It is the inorganic compounds, such as calcium and magnesium, that underlie the exoskeletal mineralization process following ecdysis. Little is known about… read more here.
Keywords: carbonic anhydrase; post ecdysial; blue crab; crab callinectes ... See more keywords
First record of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae), a non-indigenous species in the central/southern Tyrrhenian Sea
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DOI: 10.32582/aa.61.1.8
Abstract: Four individuals of the non-indigenous blue crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) were collected during commercial trammel net operations in fall 2019 and winter 2020 along the coast of NW Sicily. The crabs… read more here.
Keywords: callinectes sapidus; crustacea decapoda; blue crab; non indigenous ... See more keywords