Green Crab Control: A Removal Effort in a Shallow Central California Estuary

Authors

Amy A. Larson, Portland State UniversityFollow
C. E. de RiveraFollow
G. M. RuizFollow
E. D. GrosholzFollow
Mark D. Sytsma, Portland State UniversityFollow

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

3-2008

Subjects

Aquatic ecology -- Research -- United States, Introduced organisms, Carncinus maenas -- Monitoring

Abstract

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.

Description

Presentation from: West Coast Green Crab Technical Meeting. Vancouver, B.C. March 2008

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15108

Citation Details

Larson, Amy A.; de Rivera, C. E.; Ruiz, G. M.; Grosholz, E. D.; and Sytsma, Mark D., "Green Crab Control: A Removal Effort in a Shallow Central California Estuary" (2008). Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations. 123.
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15108