Cancer irroratus

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Noun1.Cancer irroratus - crab of eastern coast of North AmericaCancer irroratus - crab of eastern coast of North America
rock crab
crab - decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers
genus Cancer, Cancer - type genus of the family Cancridae
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The effects of interspecific competition and prey odor on foraging in the rock crab Cancer irroratus (Say).
Time budget of Cancer Irroratus (say) and Carcinus maenas (L.) under various temperature and prey density conditions during conspecific and heterospecific challenges
Effectiveness of escape vent shape in traps for catching legal size lobsters, Homarus americanus, and harvestable-sized crabs, Cancer borealis and Cancer irroratus. Fish.
Estimates of lobster-handling mortality associated with the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lobster-trap fishery
The size-weight relationship of this species was similar, in value ranges, to that obtained for Cancer irroratus by Krouse (1972), although this author did not find differences between sexes as were found in the present study.
First studies on morphometric relationships and size at maturity of the red crab Platyxanthus patagonicus (Milne-Edwards) and variations caused by Rhizocephalan infestation, in the San Matias Gulf, Patagonia, Argentina
The role of odor in prey recognition by rock crabs, Cancer irroratus Say.
Enhancement of the Response of Rock Crabs, Cancer irroratus, to Prey Odors following Feeding Experience
Some estimates of population density and feeding habits of the rock crab, Cancer irroratus, in a kelp bed in Nova Scotia.
The Hudson-Raritan Estuary as a crossroads for distribution of blue (Callinectes sapidus), lady (Ovalipes ocellatus), and Atlantic rock (Cancer irroratus) crabs
Decapods that have been classified as very weak osmoregulators or even osmoconformers are regularly found within estuaries and bays that are subject to bouts of low salinity (Cancer gracilis, Orensanz and Gallucci, 1988; Cancer productus, Carroll and Winn, 1989; Libinia emarginata, O'Brien et al., 1999; Homarus americanus, Watson et al., 1999; Cancer irroratus, Stehlik et al., 2004).
Behavioral influences on the physiological responses of Cancer gracilis, the graceful crab, during hyposaline exposure
Cadmium, copper, manganese, silver, and zinc in rock crab (Cancer irroratus) from highly copper contaminated sites in the Inner Bay of Fundy, Atlantic Canada.
DETERMINATION OF HEAVY METALS AND TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE MUSCLES OF MARINE SHRIMP, FENNEROPENAEUS MERGUIENSIS FROM PERSIAN GULF, IRAN
Prey selection and the functional response of sea stars (Asterias vulgaris Verrill) and rock crabs (Cancer irroratus Say) preying on juvenile sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus (Gmelin)) and blue mussels (Mytilus edulis Linnaeus).
Predation of sea scallops and other indigenous bivalves by invasive green crab, Carcinus maenas, from Newfoundland, Canada
Role of prey odor in food recognition by rock crabs, Cancer irroratus Say.
Adult foraging Behavior in mearns' grasshopper mouse, Onychomys arenicola (Rodentia: Muridae) is influenced by early olfactory experience
We also estimated predatory crab abundance (Carcinus maenas and Cancer irroratus) at all sites during high tide predation assays (see Methods: Predation losses) with 2 x 20 m transect surveys (n = 10 transects/site) using SCUBA.
Flow-driven variation in intertidal community structure in a Maine estuary
A comparative study of the digestive enzymes in the hepatopancreas of the jonah crab (Cancer borealis) and rock crab (Cancer irroratus).
Dietary preference and digestive enzyme activities as indicators of trophic resource utilization by six species of crab
Effectiveness of escape vent shape in traps for catching legal-sized lobster, Homarus americanus, and harvestable-sized crabs, Cancer borealis and Cancer irroratus. Fish.
Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, trap selectivity studies: mesh size
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