by WSG Crab Team | Dec 16, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
A small midshipmen held out of water showing off striped pectoral fins. A purple colored midshipmen in a shallow tidal pool A partially decomposed midshipmen skull showing small sharp teeth Species Name: Porichthys notatus Common Name: Plainfin midshipman Species...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 16, 2024 | Crab Team Newsletter Archive
Diet DNA: What Are Green Crabs Eating? It’s a beautiful, blue-sky day in Willapa Bay. The sunlight dances on Stackpole slough as a light breeze ruffles the surface of the water. We can still hear some birdsong from the woods along the shoreline. And I’m stuck in...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 16, 2024 | Community Science, Monitor Resources
December 16th, 2024 Tips for taking the best photos of your bin catches Your bin photos may feel as easy as the click of a button, but they are the essential step in the protocol that allows the Crab Team dataset to be used by researchers. Namely, they are the tool...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 18, 2024 | Community Science, Monitor Resources
June 18, 2024 Why measure native species? When it comes to interactions between crabs, whether of the same species or of differing species, size matters. When crabs run into each other out on tide flats, in lagoons, or channels, they might compete for food or shelter,...
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 10, 2024 | Team News
June 10, 2024 This spring, WSG Crab Team was joined by an undergraduate student assistant, Christopher Harris-Adams. Christopher Harris-Adams is currently pursuing his B.S. at UW’s College of the Environment researching microclimate variation in the greenhouse...
