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Carcinus maenas -- Pacific Northwest -- Geographical distribution
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The Effect Of Salinity Acclimation On The Upper Thermal Tolerance Threshold Of The European Green Crab, Lauren S. Muñoz-Tremblay, A. L. Kelley, Catherine De Rivera
The Effect Of Salinity Acclimation On The Upper Thermal Tolerance Threshold Of The European Green Crab, Lauren S. Muñoz-Tremblay, A. L. Kelley, Catherine De Rivera
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Fluctuations in salinity and temperature, among other varying environmental conditions, are stressors in estuaries and may work together to alter the physiological response of organisms that inhabit such environments. Laboratory assessments that investigate how animals respond to multiple environmental stressors can provide an ecological framework for understanding physiological performance across varying conditions. In this study, European green crabs, Carcinus maenas, were collected from Seadrift Lagoon, California, USA (37°54′27.82″N, 122°40′19.56″W) and were lab-acclimated at three different salinity concentrations typical of many estuaries: 15, 25, and 35 PSU at 12 °C (± 1 °C). After acclimation, crabs from each salinity treatment experienced …