Life History and Population Dynamics of Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas)

AM Young, JA Elliott - Fishes, 2019 - mdpi.com
Carcinus maenas (the “shore crab” or “European green crab”) is a very proficient invader
(considered to be one of the world's 100 worst invaders by the IUCN) due to its phenotypic …

Lead in the marine environment: concentrations and effects on invertebrates

A Botté, C Seguin, J Nahrgang, M Zaidi, J Guery… - Ecotoxicology, 2022 - Springer
Lead (Pb) is a non-essential metal naturally present in the environment and often
complexed with other elements (eg, copper, selenium, zinc). This metal has been used since …

Extraction of chitin from green crab shells by mechanochemistry and aging

F Hajiali, J Vidal, T **, LC de la Garza… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Crustacean shell waste is one of the most important chitin sources for commercial use due to
its low price and high availability. The extraction of chitin from this residue relies on two …

The Green Wave: reviewing the environmental impacts of the invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) and potential management approaches

NJ Ens, B Harvey, MM Davies… - Environmental …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
The European green crab (Carcinus maenas), native to northwestern Europe and Africa, is
among the top 100 most damaging invasive species globally. In some regions, including the …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cells of aquatic invertebrates as an advanced tool for assessing ecotoxicological impacts

A Rosner, J Armengaud, L Ballarin… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Environmental stressors are assessed through methods that quantify their impacts on a wide
range of metrics including species density, growth rates, reproduction, behaviour and …

Homeostatic responses of crustaceans to salinity changes

R Thabet, H Ayadi, M Koken, V Leignel - Hydrobiologia, 2017 - Springer
The wide distribution of crustaceans from freshwater through brackish into marine waters
and from salt marshes to terrestrial zones shows the exceptional capacities of this animal …

Physiological basis of interactive responses to temperature and salinity in coastal marine invertebrate: Implications for responses to warming

G Torres, G Charmantier, D Wilcockson… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Develo** physiological mechanistic models to predict species' responses to climate‐
driven environmental variables remains a key endeavor in ecology. Such approaches are …

[HTML][HTML] Macro and microscopic maturation stage key of green crab (Carcinus maenas, Linnaeus 1758): Reproductive cycle and differences among estuarine systems

A Ovelheiro, J Monteiro, P Gonçalves, MA Campinho… - Fisheries …, 2023 - Elsevier
Gonadal histology is a helpful tool to validate species' macroscopic maturity stages in
fisheries biology. Regardless of the many studies on Carcinus maenas, there are still few …

Potential impacts and priority areas of research of the on-going invasion of green crabs along the SW Atlantic

ME Malvé, N Battini, G Cordone, JI Cortés… - Environmental …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is one of the most extensively studied
decapod species worldwide, and it currently inhabits every continent except Antarctica. Its …

Metabarcoding, direct stomach observation and stable isotope analysis reveal a highly diverse diet for the invasive green crab in Atlantic Patagonia

G Cordone, M Lozada, E Vilacoba, B Thalinger… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The European green crab Carcinus maenas and its sister species C. aestuarii are
highly invasive species causing damage to coastal ecosystems and contributing to severe …