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No place to call home: Distribution patterns of the tufted ghost crab, Ocypode cursor, populations in nature reserves, Israel, Eastern Mediterranean

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems"

DOI: 10.1002/aqc.4116

Abstract: The once plentiful population of the tufted ghost crab, Ocypode cursor, a legally protected species, suffered a steep decline along the densely populated Mediterranean coast of Israel. Here we assessed the effects of recreational disturbance… read more here.

Keywords: ghost crab; nature reserves; crab; population ... See more keywords
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Abundance, distribution and ecology of the tufted ghost crab Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) from a recently colonized urban sandy beach, and new records from Sicily (central Mediterranean Sea)

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Journal of Sea Research"

DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2019.101832

Abstract: Abstract The tufted ghost crab, Ocypode cursor, was recorded for the first time on the coast of Sicily mainland in 2009, however no ecological studies were conducted so far. In this study, we provide the… read more here.

Keywords: ecology; crab ocypode; tufted ghost; ghost crab ... See more keywords

No man’s land support the endemic Red Sea ghost crab (Ocypode saratan) in the Gulf of Eilat

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "Scientific Reports"

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63326-y

Abstract: Tourism pressure on the Red Sea ecosystem have posed significant threats to numerous endemic species, including the Ghost Crab Ocypode saratan, which is exclusively found along a small stretch of beach in the Eilat/Aqaba Red… read more here.

Keywords: red sea; gulf; ghost crab; beach ... See more keywords

Biotic and abiotic factors affecting Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) spatiotemporal activity at an important shorebird nesting site in Virginia

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "PLOS ONE"

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307821

Abstract: Atlantic ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata) are predators of beach-nesting shorebird nests and chicks on the United States’ Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Ghost crabs may also disturb birds, altering foraging, habitat use, or nest and brood… read more here.

Keywords: ghost crab; ghost crabs; crab; shorebird ... See more keywords