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Assessment of recovery potential for the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus): An application of the IUCN green status process

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 33, Issue 11, Page 1175-1199, November 2023., 2023
Abstract According to an International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List assessment (RLA), the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), an iconic coastal species, is at risk of extirpation in some regions within its range where small and vulnerable populations occur.
David R. Smith, H. Jane Brockmann, Ruth H. Carmichael, Eric M. Hallerman, Winsor Watson, Jaime Zaldivar‐Rae   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging infectious disease: An underappreciated area of strategic concern for food security

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 69, Issue 2, Page 254-267, March 2022., 2022
Abstract Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) increasingly threaten global food security and public health. Despite technological breakthroughs, we are losing the battle with (re)emerging diseases as treatment costs and production losses rise. A horizon scan of diseases of crops, livestock, seafood and food‐borne illness suggests these costs are ...
Daniel R. Brooks, Eric P. Hoberg, Walter A. Boeger, Valeria Trivellone   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Molecular Evaluation of the Mating Dynamics of Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio) in the Eastern Bering Sea. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Most snow crab females in the eastern Bering Sea had stored sperm from one or two mates. While single paternity was common, some females had clutches sired by two males. Female snow crab primarily mated with male snow crab, with few instances of interspecies mating.
Slater LM, Gaeuman W, Cheng W, Kruse GH, Habicht C, Pengilly D.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Carcinofauna acompanhante de galerias de Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus)(Crustacea Ocypodidae) no manguezal do rio Pinheiros, Cabaraquara, Baía de Guaratuba, PR [PDF]

, 2008
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Masunari, Setuko, Kassuga, Alexandre
core   +1 more source

Status of the population structure of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Decapoda: Ocypodidae) on the Piraquê-açu River estuary, Espírito Santo, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Oceanography, 2010
The land crab Ucides cordatus is a keystone species of neotropical mangrove forests and an important resource of the artisanal fisheries. The spatial and temporal distribution of U.
Rita de Cássia Conti, Rosebel Cunha Nalesso   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ultrastructure of spermatozoon of the crab Ucides cordatus Linaeus (Crustacea, Decapoda) of the northern littoral of Brazil [PDF]

, 2000
Ultrastructure of spermatozoa of the crab Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763 is described and illustrated. Three parts can be distinguished: 1. the elongate-ovoid acrosome located anteriorly; 2. the cytoplasmic region; and 3. the nuclear region. The acrosome
AZEVEDO, Carlos José Correia de, MATOS, Patrícia Santos, MATOS, Edilson Rodrigues, CORRAL, Laura Felícia Machado   +3 more
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The abundance of some pathogenic bacteria in mangrove habitats of Paraiba do Norte estuary and crabmeat contamination of mangrove crab Ucides cordatus

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2010
Study on mangrove water and sediment of Paraiba do Norte river (Northeastern Brazil) and crabmeat of Ucides cordatus was carried to investigate the relation between the abundance of bacteria in the mangrove habitat and in the crabmeat.
Teresa Cristina Soares de Lima Grisi, Krystyna Gorlach-Lira   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and impact on populations of the mangrove sentinel species, Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) (Brachyura, Ocypodidae) after an environmental disaster at Cubatão, São Paulo, Brazil

Nauplius, 2022
In 2015, a serious environmental disaster occurred at ULTRACARGO - Aratu S/A Terminal (Cubatão, SP) causing a long-lasting, large-scale, fire that resulted in the release of various chemical pollutants, including those used to contain the fire.
Marcelo Antonio Amaro Pinheiro, Fernanda Vargas Barbi de Souza, Harry Boos, Luis Felipe de Almeida Duarte   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lethargic crab disease: multidisciplinary evidence supports a mycotic etiology

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2005
Although lethargic crab disease (LCD) is causing massive mortalities in populations of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus of Northeastern Brazil, the identity of its etiological agent was hitherto unknown.
Walter A Boeger, Marcio R Pie, Antonio Ostrensky, Luciana Patella   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The crab harvest in a mangrove forest in south-eastern Brazil: Insights about its maintenance in the long-term

Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2018
Mangrove ecosystems and their resources are important for traditional coastal communities. We analysed the efficiency of traditional management practices developed by crab (Ucides cordatus) gatherers in the mangrove forest of the Paraíba do Sul River ...
Laura Helena de Oliveira Côrtes, Camilah Antunes Zappes, Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source