Web
sites of interest:
Maryland
Sea Grant offers a variety of programs and resources in marine and environmental
sciences for K-12 students and teachers, undergraduate and graduate students,
and the general public. These include workshops, special programs, interactive
web lessons, and various media on topics from aquaculture to biotechnology.
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/index.html
Stock
Assessment of the Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Executive Summary
http://noaa.chesapeakebay.net/execsumm.html
Good links to blue crab educational sites
http://www.vims.edu/adv/ed/crab/edu.html#less
Crustacean
Glossary
http://atiniui.nhm.org/glossary/browse.html
Plethora
of information about crabs
Chesapeake
Bay program
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/blue_crab.htm
http://www.bayeducation.net/animals.html
Maryland
Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/science/savecrab.html
National
Aquarium in Baltimore
http://www.aqua.org/animals/species/bluecrab.html
http://www.awi-bremerhaven.de/Benthic/Ecosystem/FoodWeb/Handbook/main.html
population
dynamics of invertebrates
http://www.eatright.org/nfs/nfs84.html
about antioxidants
Literature
Cited:
CBSC.
2001. 2001 Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab Advisory Report. NOAA
Chesapeake
Bay Office. (http://noaa.chesapeakebay.net/reports/BCARpage2001.htm)
Ju, S.J.,
Secor, D., and Harvey, H.R. 2001.
Growth rate variability and lipofuscin accumulation rates in the blue
crab, Callinectes sapidus. Mar.
Ecol. Prog. Ser. 224:
197-205
MD Sea
Grant. 2001. Research Needs for
Sustainable Blue Crab Production in Maryland. A Workshop Report (14 June,
Edgewater, MD). MD Sea Grant,
College Park. (http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/crabs/needs/)
BBCAC.
2001. Taking Action for the Blue Crab: Managing and Protecting the Stock and its
Fisheries. Chesapeake Bay Commission.
Millikin,
M.R., Williams, A.B., 1984. Synopsis of Biological Data on the Blue Crab, Callinectes
sapidus. FAO Fisheries Synopsis No. 138.
NOAA.
UMCES.
2000. Ecology of the Blue Crab.
Chesapeake Biological Laboratories.