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Rate of prey consumption in two intertidal crab species : the introduced European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and native dungeness crab, Cancer magister

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dc.date 2007-01-11T14:59:38Z
dc.date 2007-01-11T14:59:38Z
dc.date 2007-01-11T14:59:38Z
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:42:23Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:42:23Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1957/3778
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/1957/3778
dc.description Senior thesis for the Bachelor of Science in the Department of Environmental Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. Major advisor was Dr. Sylvia Behrens Yamada.
dc.description The prey consumption rates of two estuarine crab species were compared: the introduced Carcinus maenas and the native Cancer magister. Similar sized crabs of each species were placed into individual perforated plastic boxes and then placed in a seawater table. Each crab was offered 50 Mytilus trossulus mussels (15-25mm) per day for a total of 5 days. Every 24 hours the number of consumed and partially consumed mussels was recorded. Carcinus maenas and similar sized Cancer magister exhibited the same mean consumption rate. This study helps to predict where Carcinus maenas will fit into the hierarchy of Pacific Northwest crabs.
dc.language en_US
dc.relation Reports and Publications -- Academic Publications
dc.relation Explorer Site -- North Coast Explorer
dc.relation Explorer Site -- Oregon Explorer
dc.subject Thematic Classification -- Plants and Animals -- Invasive Species -- Invasive Fish and Aquatic Invertebrates
dc.title Rate of prey consumption in two intertidal crab species : the introduced European green crab, Carcinus maenas, and native dungeness crab, Cancer magister
dc.type Research Paper


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