Green Crab

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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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Thermogeography predicts the potential global range of the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas).

Color phase-specific ion regulation of the European green crab carcinus maenas in an oscillating salinity environment

A carbonic anhydrase repressor is localized in the sinus gland of the eyestalk in the euryhaline green crab, Carcinus maenas.

Functional characterization of neuroendocrine regulation of branchial carbonic anhydrase induction in the euryhaline crab Callinectes sapidus

Effect of metal ions on the activity of green crab (Scylla serrata) alkaline phosphatase.

Effect of various heavy metals on the enzymatic activity of E. coli alkaline phosphatase

When she began her research, Paul said, she didn't know anything about the green crab, but once she got out into the field, that soon changed.

No career out of reach, says marine biologist

The green crab first became established along the western United States in San Francisco Bay, California, [sim]1989-1990 (Cohen et al.

THE IMPACTS OF A NONINDIGENOUS MARINE PREDATOR IN A CALIFORNIA BAY

102) California state experts believe that the green crab made its way to the West hidden away in seaweed packing materials.

Aquatic invasive species in the coastal west: an analysis of state regulation within a federal framework

ZAP Jonway sponsored Taizhou's Green Crab Festival on Saturday, an annual event that attracted more than 18,000 people, including several Hong Kong movie stars and celebrities.

Jonway Celebrates ZAP Acquisition at Taizhou Factory

Green crab prey preferences and effects on molluscan assemblages at this site have not been documented.

Selection and availability of shellfish prey for invasive green crabs [Carcinus maenas (Linneaus, 1758)] in a partially restored back-barrier salt marsh lagoon on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Basic statistical values related to the biometric measurements belonging to Mediterranean green crab are given in Table I.

Length-Weight Relationship and Reproductive Features of the Mediterranean Green Crab, Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847 (Decapoda: Brachyura) in the Eastern Black Sea, Turkey

Mae 'na granc arall ar y traeth hefyd, sef y cranc glas neu granc y traeth - Carcinus maenas ydi ei enw gwyddonol, a'r shore crab neu'r green crab yn Saesneg.

Diogelu'r cranc coch; BYD NATUR

The theoretical model suggested by Naylor (1958) is that an endogenous circatidal clock controls the locomotor activity of the green crab and a separate circadian clock modulates the expression of the tidal rhythms.

Rhythms of locomotion expressed by Limulus polyphemus, the American horseshoe crab: II. Relationship to circadian rhythms of visual sensitivity

The European green crab gobbled up two species of native shellfish, says Edwin D.