Callinectes sapidus
Osmotic effects on arginine kinase function in living muscle of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus
... crab Callinectes sapidus inhabits estuarine environments that range in salinity from full-strength sea water to fresh water (Mangum and Amende, 1972; Lynch et ...
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Length-Weight Relationships in Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in Köycegiz Dalyan Lagoon Area-Turkey
... Özet: Köyceğiz Gölü Dalyan Kanalları’nda Haziran 2005 - Aralık 2006 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilen çalışmada, toplam 740 adet Mavi Yengeç, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) bireyinin boy-ağırlık ...
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Energy metabolism and metabolic depression during exercise in Callinectes sapidus, the Atlantic blue crab: effects of the bacterial pathogen Vibrio campbellii
... The Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun), an important species for commercial and recreational fishing (Whitaker et al., 1998), lives in estuarine and other coastal environments along the ...
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Mechanical properties of the rigid and hydrostatic skeletons of molting blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun
... crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, was analyzed in this study because of its large size and because external changes in coloration provide an indication of the timing of the next molt (Otwell, ...
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SHORT COMMUNICATION INTRACELLULAR BUFFERING BY DIPEPTIDES AT HIGH AND LOW TEMPERATURE IN THE BLUE CRAB CALLINECTES SAPIDUS
... Free amino acid and inorganic ion regulation in the whole muscle and hemolymph of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun in relation to the molting cycle.. Quantitation of Dns-amino a[r] ...
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A comparison of the gill physiology of two euryhaline crab species, Callinectes sapidus and Callinectes similis: energy production, transport related enzymes and osmoregulation as a function of acclimation salinity
... Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun) and C. similis (Williams) were collected between September 1991 and November 1992 from estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico near Dauphin Island, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama. ...
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The smell of moulting: N acetylglucosamino 1,5 lactone is a premoult biomarker and candidate component of the courtship pheromone in the urine of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
... (Callinectes sapidus) in their pubertal moult stage release unidentified sex pheromone molecules in their urine, causing males to respond with courtship behaviours including a display called courtship ...
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Perireceptor mechanisms sustaining olfaction at low salinities: insight from the euryhaline blue crab Callinectes sapidus
... crab Callinectes sapidus contain the finely branched outer dendritic segments (ODSs) of between 40 and 160 olfactory receptor cells; as in the aesthetascs of other crustaceans ...
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Metabolic influences of fiber size in aerobic and anaerobic locomotor muscles of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
... Diameters of some white locomotor muscle fibers in the adult blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, exceed 500·µm whereas juvenile white fibers are <100·µm. It was hypothesized that aerobically dependent ...
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Isolation and characterization of Astaxanthin from Portunus sanguinolentus (Three spotted crab), Callinectes sapidus (Blue crab) and Paralithodes brevipes (Spiny king crab)
... Crab), Callinectes sapidus (Blue Crab) and Paralithodes brevipes (Spiny King Crab) using the three different types of solvent mixture such as Hexane: Isopropanol, DMSO: Acetone and ...Crab), ...
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The impact of episodic hypoxia on blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus): from molecules to populations)
... Episodic hypoxia impacts mobile aquatic animals directly when animals die from exposure to low dissolved oxygen (DO) and indirectly when they avoid intrusions of hypoxic water and aggregate in shallow nearshore habitats ...
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Growth and Mortality of Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) in the North-Eastern Mediterranean Sea
... The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, is endemic to the western Atlantic basin. It is a widely distributed, estuarine-dependent species that ranges from South America, throughout the Caribbean and Gulf of ...
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Mitigation of Hypoxic Ecosystems Using Hemolymph Analysis of Callinectes sapidus and Procambarus clarkii in Relation to Spartina Grasses
... Manual dexterity, lactate, glucose, and protein concentration were analyzed in the hemolymph of Callinectes sapidus and Procambarus clarkia. There was an influence of time and aeration on manual dexterity, ...
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To paddle or not: context dependent courtship display by male blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus
... crabs, Callinectes sapidus , have a courtship display in which they elevate their body by standing high on their legs, open their chelae and paddle their swimming ...
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Effects of molting on the visual acuity of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
... crab, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun 1896, has large, stalked apposition compound eyes with a minimum inter-ommatidial angle of approximately ...C. sapidus is able to discern blue, yellow and red ...
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Integrated physiological responses to feeding in the blue crab Callinectes sapidus
... The passage of a barium meal (15 % by mass) was followed through the digestive system of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus by flash-freezing crabs at set intervals, followed by radiography of specimens. ...
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Implications of a Decrease in the Mature Size of Female Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus
... Figure 1: Mean (+/- SE) handling time for male blue crabs to flip the female from the cradle- carry to the mating position as a function of crab sex by size treatments. Different letter[r] ...
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Scale Dependent Movements and Protection of the Female Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus
... Location of the five coastal inlets in coastal North Carolina where spawning sanctuaries have been implemented for broodstock management, including the two euhaline release sites where[r] ...
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POST MOULT CALCIFICATION IN THE BLUE CRAB, CALLINECTES SAPIDUS: TIMING AND MECHANISM
... Gill assays For the studies of calcium uptake by isolated gill slices, the sixth and seventh gills were quickly dissected free from freshly killed crabs and immediately placed in a shall[r] ...
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Glucose Transport by the In Vitro Perfused Midgut of the Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus
... In another series of experiments, variation of unidirectional serosal to mucosal flux with serosal glucose concentration was studied by exposing the tissue sequentially to salines of the[r] ...
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