Molluscan Publications - Blue Crab

• Harding, J.M., Southworth, M.J., & Mann, R. 2010. Observations of blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus, Rathbun, 1896) on Shell Bar oyster reef, Great Wicomico River, Virginia, USA. Journal of Shellfish Research.Vol. 29, No. 4, 995–1004. 

  https://doi.org/10.2983/035.029.0435

• Harding, J.M. & R. Mann. 2010. Observations of distribution, size, and sex ratio of mature blue crabs Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896 from a Chesapeake Bay tributary in relation to oyster habitat and environmental factors. Bulletin of Marine Science. 86(1):75-91. https://doi.org/10.2983/035.029.0435

• Harding, J.M. 2003. Predation by blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus, on rapa whelks, Rapana venosa: possible natural controls for an invasive species? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 297(2): 161-177. 

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2003.07.005

• Eggleston, D. 1990. Foraging behavior of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, on juvenile oysters, Crassostrea virginica: effects of prey density and size. Bull. Mar. Sci. 46:62-82. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/17485