| Title | The European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) in Oregon: A Preliminary Survey of Yaquina, Coos, Winchester and Siletz Bays |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Year of Publication | 1997 |
| Authors | Angel, Tiah, Zasha Bassett, Brian Chipman, Kimberly Cleveland, Tamisha Cronick, Janette Ehlig, Dan Frerich, Chris Hunt, Todd Ison, Angela McGuire, Jennifer Oliver, Anja Schmelter, and Jennifer Whitsett |
| Institution | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Call Number | Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | algae, aquatic invertebrates, Charleston (OR.), Coos Bay, Craigie Point, Criteser’s Moorage, crustaceans, European green crab = Carcinus maenas, Fucus spp., Georgia-Pacific, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Hinton Point, Idaho Point, invasive species, molluscs, Oregon Oyster Farm, Oregon shore crab = Hemigrapsus oregonensis, Pony Point, Purple shore crab = Hemigrapsus nudus, River Bend, salinity, Sawyer’s Landing, Schooner Creek, Siletz Bay, spatial distribution, species list, Umpqua River estuary, Umpqua River finger jetty, Umpqua triangle, Winchester Bay, Yaquina Bay south jetty |
| Notes | Accessed by opening a .zip file. “During the summer and fall of 1997, the students and instructors of an Oregon State University Zoology class (Zoology 401/Research) searched for the presence of the European Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) in Coos, Winchester, Yaquina and Siletz Bays, Oregon and also took inventories of common intertidal species... We trapped one adult male green crab at Pony Point in Coos Bay on October 26, 1997. This crab measured 86.5 mm in carapace width and represents the largest specimen so far collected in Oregon. All the green crabs retrieved in Coos Bay have been large adults between 58 and 86 mm. We searched gravel substrates below boulders and algal blades, but never recovered any young-of the-year-green crabs in Coos, Winchester, Yaquina or Siletz Bays. These findings suggest that one year class (perhaps 1995) established itself in Coos Bay, but at present is not abundant enough to perpetuate itself.” (from the Abstract) |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/defaults/xg94hv61v |
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