Study: Green Crab Population Growing in Oregon, Threatening Other Species
Invasive European green crab populations continue to grow in Oregon -- which could have dire consequences for established species, some of which are commercially important.
A report published recently by South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve near Coos Bay, Ore., shows findings from 19-year study conducted by the Reserve and Oregon State University scientists. During the study, researchers trapped crabs annually throughout the Coos Bay Estuary, along Oregon’s southern coast. In 2020, approximately 77 percent of the crabs caught were European green crabs. The green...
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