by WSG Crab Team | Sep 8, 2016 | Monitor Resources
One strength of the Crab Team protocol is that it enables us to confidently compare findings among different sites, and track changes over time – even if different people are doing the sampling. With sampling on this scale, even the small steps can be important to...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 4, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Graceful Crab Most people have never heard of the graceful crab (Cancer (Metacarcinus) gracilis), despite how common it is. That’s because it looks very similar to a crab people often see on their dinner tables, Dungeness crab. The two species look...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 4, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Zombie Crabs – Why Can’t We Get Those Here? In Europe, millions of zombie green crabs are roaming the shore. From the outside, you might not even realize they are brain dead, no longer truly a green crab, but have been transformed into a skittering, feasting,...
by WSG Crab Team | May 11, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Creature Feature: Staghorn Sculpin One of our favorite fishes is the staghorn sculpin, (Leptocottus armatus – LEAR, to our volunteers). That turns out to be a good thing, because, after shore crabs, staghorn sculpins are the most abundant organism in our traps, so we...
by WSG Crab Team | May 11, 2016 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Green crabs: In hot water – and loving it! When they are young, green crabs, a bit like toddlers, can be very picky about their surroundings and their schedule, and you can just imagine the temper tantrums! Green crabs hatch out of eggs, and emerge into the world...
