Body condition and energy content of the shore crab L. in a temperate coastal system: the cost of barnacle epibiosis.

The impact of barnacle epibionts on the condition of the shore crab was studied for the western Wadden Sea population. Approximately 39% of the crabs were fouled with the barnacle . Although the morphological Fulton's condition decreased by 5.

Boom and bust: Simulating the effects of climate change on the population dynamics of a global invader near the edge of its native range.

Despite the increasing awareness of climate change, few studies have used the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenarios to simulate the effects of climate change on estuarine populations of crustaceans. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of temperature and salinity fluctuations on the population dynamics of the shore crab Carcinus maenas at the southern edge of its native range. To this end, a population dynamics model was developed based on experimental and literature data on the biology, ecology and physiology of the species.

impact on energy content of the shore crab L.

The impact of infection on the nutritional status of the shore crab was investigated in the western Dutch Wadden Sea for a period of 20 months. About 3.3% of the population was sacculinized, i.

Influence of temperature on intraspecific, unbalanced dyadic contests between crabs.

Intraspecific agonistic interactions are widespread across the animal kingdom, with many individual morphological and physiological characteristics playing important roles in the fate of disputes. Additionally, changes to environmental conditions can influence the outcomes of animal contests. The shore crab () is a globally distributed species, present in numerous coastal and estuarine temperate systems around the world.