Researchers have published a nearly 40-year study documenting just how prevalent cannibalism is in the Chesapeake Bay’s blue ...
It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus). Literally. Cannibalism is the ...
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Cannibal Crabs Devour Juveniles: 37-Year Study Shocker
A groundbreaking 37-year study from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center reveals that cannibalism by adult blue crabs stands as the primary cause of death for juvenile blue crabs in the ...
Young blue crabs face their biggest threat from their own kind, but shallow water can provide a crucial refuge from cannibalism.
Smithsonian study finds juvenile crabs rely on shrinking shallow-water habitats to escape cannibalism by adults ...
The blue crab population in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay is among the lowest it's been in 35 years, but watermen say that doesn't necessarily mean crabs will cost you more this summer. A survey by the ...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — In Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay, two populations are under threat: the iconic blue crab and the crabbers whose livelihoods have depended on this fishery for hundreds of years. This ...
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