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Green Crab

A formerly used slang term for $10 in Hong Kong, which referred to the green color of banknotes. These banknotes are no longer used. See also: Hong Kong dollar, Colorful crab.
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Regional differences in foraging behaviour of invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) populations in Atlantic Canada.
Predation of sea scallops and other indigenous bivalves by invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas, from Newfoundland, Canada
The green crab invaded, in 1997, the east coast of Prince Edward Island (PEI), Canada (Gillis et al.
Time budget of Cancer Irroratus (say) and Carcinus maenas (L.) under various temperature and prey density conditions during conspecific and heterospecific challenges
In a rare analysis of one marine invader benefiting an earlier arrival, an ecologist says that European green crabs invading a California bay have triggered a population explosion of a previously marginal clam.
Bivalve takeover: once-benign clams boom after crab influx
sanguineus and the resident green crab Carcinus maenas.
Return of the native: historical comparison of invasive and indigenous crab populations near the mouth of Delaware Bay
The exclusion from this nursery habitat by the invading green crab could have a devastating effect on the Dungeness fishery.
Claw morphology and feeding rates of introduced European green crabs (Carcinus maenas L, 1758) and native dungeness crabs (Cancer magister Dana, 1852)
Grosholz of the University of New Hampshire in Durham has shown that the green crab has culled 90 percent of the small shore crabs (Hemigrapsus oregonensis) and native clams (Nutricola).
European crab leaps to Pacific prominence
The secondary spread of green crab along the eastern seaboard of the USA was partly caused by its hitch-hiking on fishing boats and among the catch of American lobster (Homarus americanus H.
Survival of European green crab (Carcinus maenus L.) exposed to simulated overland and boating-vector transport conditions
The green crab (Carcinus maenas) was originally distributed along the eastern Atlantic coast, from Norway to Mauritania including southern Iceland (Broekhuysen 1936, Crothers 1968, Grosholz & Ruiz 1996).
Biological characteristics of a newly established green crab (Carcinus maenas) population in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada
Here, results are presented from three field studies in eastern Maine to assess the importance of moon snail and green crab predation on wild and cultured individuals of the softshell clam.
Biotic and abiotic factors influencing growth and survival of wild and cultured individuals of the softshell clam (Mya arenaria L.) in Eastern Maine
Green crab sampling was discontinued by the Maine Department of Marine resources (DMR) until 2001.
Trends in Maine softshell clam landings
These predators include the common starfish (Asterias vulgaris), the moon snail (Euspira heros) and various crab species including the green crab (Carcinus maenas), which was accidentally introduced to North America in the 19th century (see review from Audet et al.
Predation potential of the invasive green crab (Carcinus maenas) and other common predators on commercial bivalve species found on Prince Edward Island
2] cages were set up for each of the following treatments: low predator density cages withone green crab (Carcinus maenas), high predator density with five green crabs, exclosure cages with no crabs, and control cages with sections of the sides removed.
Impact of green crab (Carcinus maenas L.) predation on a population of soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria L.) in the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence

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