Biotic and abiotic factors affecting Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata) spatiotemporal activity at an important shorebird nesting site in Virginia. [PDF]
PLoS ONEAtlantic ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata) are predators of beach-nesting shorebird nests and chicks on the United States' Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Ghost crabs may also disturb birds, altering foraging, habitat use, or nest and brood attendance patterns ...
Mikayla N Call +8 more
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Impacts of human disturbance on ghost crab burrow morphology and distribution on sandy shores. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Ghost crabs have been widely used as a bio-indicator species of human impacts on sandy beaches to obtain reliable biological data for management and conservation purposes.
Mustafa R Gül, Blaine D Griffen
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No man’s land support the endemic Red Sea ghost crab (Ocypode saratan) in the Gulf of Eilat [PDF]
Scientific ReportsTourism pressure on the Red Sea ecosystem have posed significant threats to numerous endemic species, including the Ghost Crab Ocypode saratan, which is exclusively found along a small stretch of beach in the Eilat/Aqaba Red Sea Gulf.
Reuven Yosef +2 more
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Pot losses and associated implications in Barents sea snow crab fishery [PDF]
Scientific ReportsSnow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) is considered an invasive species in the Barents Sea, with the first observations dating back to 1996. The Norwegian commercial snow crab fishery started in 2012. In this fishery conical baited pots are adopted, similar to
Kristine Cerbule +2 more
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Genetic Diversity and Connectivity of Ocypode ceratophthalmus in the East and South China Seas and Its Implications for Conservation [PDF]
Biology, 2023 The East and South China Seas are rich in marine resources, but they are also under great pressure from climate change and human activities. Maintaining diversity and connectivity between communities is thought to be effective in mitigating these ...
Feng Zhao +5 more
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Issues to be considered in counting burrows as a measure of Atlantic ghost crab populations, an important bioindicator of sandy beaches. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The use of indirect estimates of ghost-crab populations to assess beach disturbance has several advantages, including non-destructiveness, ease and low cost, although this strategy may add some degree of noise to estimates of population parameters ...
Maíra Pombo, Alexander Turra
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Neoandracantha peruensis n. gen. n. sp. (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) described from cystacanths infecting the ghost crab Ocypode gaudichaudii on the Peruvian coast [PDF]
Parasite, 2017 The cystacanths of Neoandracantha peruensis n. gen. n. sp. are described from the ghost crab Ocypode gaudichaudii collected from the Pacific coast of Peru.
Amin Omar M., Heckmann Richard A.
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Marine-dumped waste tyres cause the ghost fishing of hermit crabs. [PDF]
R Soc Open Sci, 2021 Poorly managed waste tyres pose serious environmental and health risks, ranging from air pollution caused by fire, leaching of heavy metals and outbreaks of mosquitos, to destruction of vegetation and coral reefs. We report a previously unrecognized ecological risk to marine organisms from waste tyres.
Sogabe A, Takatsuji K.
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Swimming crab in a bottle: A two‐month drift on the ocean surface while entrapped
EcosphereMarine debris negatively impacts coastal marine ecosystems through ghost fishing gear that traps marine life, entanglement, and the transport of biofouling communities outside their native habitats.
Hajime Sato +2 more
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Does Size Matter? The Case of the Courtship Pyramids in Red Sea Ghost Crabs (Ocypode saratan) [PDF]
Animals, 2021 Display, wherein males attempt to maximize fitness by attracting sexually mature females to mate, is known to drive speciation by Sexual Selection. We researched the Red Sea Ghost Crab (Ocypode saratan; RSGC), in which males build display pyramids to ...
Reuven Yosef +2 more
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