News tagged with crabs
Isopod Replaces Fish's Tongue
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An isopod that replaces a fish's tongue has been discovered for the first time in the Channel Islands in Europe. The marine isopod, described by its finder as hideous and vicious, is a rare ...
Gulf's 'dead zone' much smaller than predicted (w/ Video)
Jul 25, 2009 |
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NOAA-supported scientists, led by Nancy Rabalais, Ph.D., from the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON), found the size of this year's Gulf of Mexico dead zone to be smaller than forecasted, measuring 3,000 square ...
Scientists confirm crab's memory of pain
Mar 27, 2009 |
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New research published by a Queen’s University Belfast academic has shown that crabs not only suffer pain but that they retain a memory of it.
Decline of shorebird linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs
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Feb 17, 2009 |
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Declining numbers of a shorebird called the red knot have been linked to bait use of horseshoe crabs.
Turning freshwater farm ponds into crab farms
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest – blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea.
Researchers Turning Freshwater Farm Ponds into Crab Farms
Sep 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Work by researchers at North Carolina State University is leading to a new kind of crab harvest – blue crabs grown and harvested from freshwater ponds, instead of from the sea.
