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

http://www.blue-crab.org/

 

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

http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm

 

 

 

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.

(http://cbl.umces.edu/~miller/bluecrab.htm)

 

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