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Carncinus maenas -- Monitoring

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Green Crab Control: A Removal Effort In A Shallow Central California Estuary, Amy A. Larson, C. E. De Rivera, G. M. Ruiz, E. D. Grosholz, Mark D. Sytsma Mar 2008

Green Crab Control: A Removal Effort In A Shallow Central California Estuary, Amy A. Larson, C. E. De Rivera, G. M. Ruiz, E. D. Grosholz, Mark D. Sytsma

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Goal: To test the feasibility and effects of locally removing a well-established population of a marine organism with pelagic larvae. Removal of adult European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) from Bodega Harbor as a model system to develop and inform management options for eradication, rapid response, and control of marine invaders.