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Environmental DNA (Part 4): The Vashon Island Mystery

Environmental DNA (Part 4): The Vashon Island Mystery

by WSG Crab Team | Sep 26, 2022 | Detections, Research

September 26, 2022 This is the fourth and final in a series of posts on a Crab Team project to develop environmental DNA (eDNA) for use in early detection and management of European green crab. Links to the previous posts are found in the text below....
Environmental DNA (part 3): Reconciling eDNA with traditional detection methods

Environmental DNA (part 3): Reconciling eDNA with traditional detection methods

by WSG Crab Team | Mar 30, 2022 | Research

March 30, 2022 This is the third in a series of posts on a Crab Team project to develop environmental DNA (eDNA) for use in early detection and management of European green crab. The first posts provided an introduction to eDNA and the benefits...
Environmental DNA (part 2): A cautionary carp tale

Environmental DNA (part 2): A cautionary carp tale

by WSG Crab Team | Mar 3, 2022 | Research

March 3, 2022 This is the second in a series of posts sharing new research on the use of environmental DNA (eDNA) in detection of green crabs. For our introduction to eDNA, check out the previous post. As a detection tool, the process of sampling eDNA is...
Environmental DNA (Part 1): Green Crab Monitoring 2.0?

Environmental DNA (Part 1): Green Crab Monitoring 2.0?

by WSG Crab Team | Feb 24, 2022 | Research

February 24, 2022 Early detection is one of the best ways to thwart an invasive species, but trying to find some of the first individuals to arrive in a new habitat is no easy task. WSG Crab Team built a monitoring network to meet this challenge: by using multiple...
Where are the European Green Crab in the Salish Sea coming from?

Where are the European Green Crab in the Salish Sea coming from?

by WSG Crab Team | Apr 25, 2018 | Green Crab Management, Research

April 25, 2018 Finding a few isolated pockets of invasive European green crab in Washington’s Salish Sea over the past two years indicates the early stages of a possible range expansion. Certainly, it is the goal of WSG Crab Team and management to protect shorelines...
Crab Team takes Willapa Bay by storm: Part 3

Crab Team takes Willapa Bay by storm: Part 3

by WSG Crab Team | Nov 15, 2016 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Trend, Research

November 15, 2016 This series of three posts was originally written in August, but was pre-empted by the news of European green crab captures on San Juan Island and in Padilla Bay. Better late than never, here are our field notes on green crab trapping in Willapa...
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