Brachyura

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A trophic cascade regulates salt marsh primary production. 
  • Allosteric modulation of Callinectes sapidus hemocyanin by binding of L-lactate. 
  • Allostery in Callinectes sapidus hemocyanin: cooperative oxygen binding and interactions with L-lactate, calcium, and protons. 
  • Assessment of physical risk factors for the shoulder using the Posture, Activity, Tools, and Handling (PATH) method in small-scale commercial crab pot fishing. 
  • CO binding by hemocyanins of Limulus polyphemus, Busycon carica, and Callinectes sapidus. 
  • Circadian rhythm in larval release by the crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii: entrainment model. 
  • Comparative properties of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) and blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) acetylcholinesterases. 
  • Crab herbivory regulates plant facilitative and competitive processes in Argentinean marshes. 
  • Crab regulation of cross-ecosystem resource transfer by marine foraging fire ants. 
  • Disease caused by a marine Vibrio. Clinical characteristics and epidemiology. 
  • Ecosystem engineers activate mycorrhizal mutualism in salt marshes. 
  • Effects of heavy metals on the respiratory proteins of marine organisms in relation to environmental pollution. 
  • Effects of molting on the visual acuity of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. 
  • Entrainment of the Circadian Rhythm in Egg Hatching of the Crab Dyspanopeus sayi by Chemical Cues from Ovigerous Females. 
  • Ergonomic risk factors for low back pain in North Carolina crab pot and gill net commercial fishermen. 
  • Evaluating ergonomic stresses in North Carolina commercial crab pot and gill net fishermen. 
  • Evidence for a two pigment visual system in the fiddler crab, Uca thayeri. 
  • Facilitation cascade drives positive relationship between native biodiversity and invasion success. 
  • Functional differences in the multiple hemocyanins of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus L. 
  • Gill-specific transcriptional regulation of Na+/K+ -ATPase alpha-subunit in the euryhaline shore crab Pachygrapsus marmoratus: sequence variants and promoter structure. 
  • Heavy metal ion interactions with Callinectes sapidus hemocyanin: structural and functional changes induced by a variety of heavy metal ions. 
  • Hemoglobins and hemocyanins: comparative aspects of structure and function. 
  • In vivo magnetic resonance imaging of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: effect of cadmium accumulation in tissues on proton relaxation properties. 
  • Larval biology of the crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould): a synthesis. 
  • Mitochondrial gene rearrangements confirm the parallel evolution of the crab-like form. 
  • Non-linear interactions between consumers and flow determine the probability of plant community dominance on Maine rocky shores. 
  • Physical stress modifies top-down and bottom-up forcing on plant growth and reproduction in a coastal ecosystem. 
  • Population genetic differentiation of the hydrothermal vent crab Austinograea alayseae (Crustacea: Bythograeidae) in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. 
  • Predator diversity stabilizes and strengthens trophic control of a keystone grazer. 
  • Respiration and osmoregulation of the estuarine crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould): effects of the herbicide, alachlor. 
  • Respiratory symptoms among crab processing workers in Alaska: epidemiological and environmental assessment. 
  • Superpotent synthetic tripeptide mimics of the mud-crab pumping pheromone. 
  • The effect of salinity upon phototaxis and geotaxis in a larval crustacean. 
  • The importance of an underestimated grazer under climate change: how crab density, consumer competition, and physical stress affect salt marsh resilience. 
  • The importance of color in mate choice of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus. 
  • The male blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, uses both chromatic and achromatic cues during mate choice. 
  • Top-down control of foundation species recovery during coastal wetland restoration. 
  • Trophic cascades in rocky shore tide pools: distinguishing lethal and nonlethal effects.