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Ghost fishing efficiency in swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) pot fishery [PDF]

Marine Pollution Bulletin
Abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) is a global challenge that negatively affects marine environment through plastic pollution and continued capture of marine animals, so-called "ghost fishing". In different pot fisheries, ghost fishing related to ALDFG is of concern, including pot fishery targeting swimming crab (Portunus ...
Mengjie Yu, Bent Herrmann, Kristine Cerbule   +2 more
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Low Densities of the Ghost Crab Ocypode quadrata Related to Large Scale Human Modification of Sandy Shores

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Sandy beaches are the most common ecosystems of coastal regions and provide direct and indirect essential services for millions of people, such as coastal protection, fishing, tourism, and recreational activities.
Carlos A. M. Barboza, Carlos A. M. Barboza, Gustavo Mattos, Abílio Soares-Gomes, Ilana Rosental Zalmon, Leonardo Lopes Costa   +5 more
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Identification and characterization of 17 novel polynucleotide microsatellite markers in Ocypode stimpsoni (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) [PDF]

BMC Research Notes
Objective The ghost crab Ocypode stimpsoni (Decapoda) is designated as a protected marine species in Korea due to its declining population. In this study, we successfully identified 17 microsatellite markers for O.
Ha Yeun Song, Young Ji Choi, Dea-Sung Lee, Hyun Ki Choi, Kyung Min Choi, Kang-Yeol Yu, Namki Cho, Seungki Lee   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Anthropogenic Disturbances: the Red Ghost Crab (Ocypode Macrocera) Is under Threat at Lalkakrar Char, Kuakata, Bangladesh

Social Science Research Network, 2023
 The red ghost crab (Ocypode macrocera) is considered a bioturbator, an  environmental architect, a geochemical engineer, a biological engineer, a  physical engineer and a climate engineer.
Md Mizanur Rahman
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Phylogeography of a Widely Distributed Atlantic Species: The Case of the Ghost Crab Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)

Arthropoda
Ocypode Weber, 1795 (Brachyura: Ocypodidae) is popularly known as ghost crab, and encompasses 21 valid species, including Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787).
Ana Francisca Tamburus, Ivana Miranda, Bárbara Benati Naves, Fernando Luis Mantelatto   +3 more
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The response of Tufted Ghost Crab, Ocypode cursor, populations to recreational activities in an urbanized coast with small-scale protected zones

, 2021
Tufted Ghost Crabs (Ocypode cursor) experience local population declines and also range contractions at larger spatial scales due to increasing anthropogenic pressures on coastal ecosystems.
M. Bal, Batuhan Çağrı Yapan, Korhan Özkan   +2 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Antioxidant activity of horn-eyed ghost crab (Ocypode brevicornis) from foreshore estate, southeast coast of India

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources
578-583In recent decades, the shift from synthetic to natural food antioxidants has fostered interest in finding the sources and the screening of inexpensive raw materials for consumption. Exogenous antioxidants are those which are derived from plants
Pandurangan, Ayyanar, Selvakumaran, Jeyanthi, Viswanathan, Shyamala, Mohanarangan, Kanmani   +3 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Unique Behavioral Strategies Adopted by Gravid Ghost Crab Ocypode gaudichaudii to Overcome Dehydration Stress while Minimizing Predation Risks. [PDF]

Zool Stud, 2022
Yong AYP, Lim SSL.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Plasticity of Foraging Strategies Adopted by the Painted Ghost Crab, Ocypode gaudichaudii, in Response to in situ Food Resource Manipulation Experiments. [PDF]

Zool Stud, 2021
Yong AYP, Lim SSL.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Red Sea Ghost Crab - laterality

, 2021
Left- or right-handedness in the endemic Red Sea Ghost Crab; temporal segregation; directional entrance to burrow associated with ...
Yosef, R
core   +2 more sources