Various of the reports contain information 

 on blue crab research programs of Gulf 

 states and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service. 



Gunter, Gordon. 



1938. The common blue crab in fresh waters. 

 Science, vol. 87, No. 2248, p. 87-88. 



Blue crabs commonly occur in fresh water 

 of the Atchafalaya River, La., 160 miles 

 upstream from the Gulf of Mexico. 

 1942. Offatts Bayou, a locality with recurrent 

 summer mortality of marine organisms. 

 American Midland Naturalist, vol. 28, No. 3, 

 p. 631-633. 



Mortality of blue crabs, shrimp, oysters, 

 and fish may be due to poisonous dino- 

 flagellate blooms. 

 1950. Seasonal population changes and distri- 

 butions as related to salinity, of certain 

 invertebrates of the Texas coast, including the 

 commercial shrimp. Publications of the Uni- 

 versity of Texas, Institute of Marine Science, 

 vol. l,No. 2, p. 7-51. 



A report on invertebrates, chiefly crusta- 

 ceans, in collections (1941-42) in Copano 

 Bay, Aransas Bay, and the adjacent Gulf of 

 Mexico. The blue crab was one of the most 

 common species. Abundance related to 

 salinity and temperature. The size of 

 invertebrates generally decreased with 

 decrease in salinity. 

 1954. Sagacity of a crab. Science, vol. 120, 

 No. 3109, p. 188-189. 



An account of a juvenile blue crab avoiding 



capture by a sheepshead, Archosargus 



probatocephalus, by remaining poised over 



the tail fin and turning with the fish. 



Survival value of such behavior is discussed. 



1956. Some relations of faunal distributions 



to salinity in estuarine waters. Ecology, vol. 



37, No. 3, p. 616-619. 



Numbers of species of fish and large crusta- 

 ceans (including blue crab) of marine and 

 fresh-water origins in three estuarine lakes 

 in Louisiana. Relative abundance of blue 

 crabs at different ranges of low salinities. 

 1961. Painless killing of crabs and other large 

 crustaceans. Science, vol. 133, No. 3449, p. 

 327. 



A plea to kill blue crabs and other crusta- 

 ceans used as food, without pain, by 



placing them in cool fresh water and 



steadily increasing temperature to 40° C. 



The meat of crabs treated in this manner is 



equal to that of animals killed by scalding. 



1967. Some relationships of estuaries to the 



fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico, p. 621-638. 



In George H. Lauff [ed.] Estuaries. American 



Association for the Advancement of Science, 



Washington D. C., Publication No. 83. 



Reported that the life history of the blue 

 crab in the Gulf is similar to that in 

 Chesapeake Bay. Discussed crab catch and 

 occurrence in various habitats. 



Gunter, Gordon, and Gordon E. Hall. 



1963. Biological investigations of the St. 



Lucie Estuary (Florida) in connection with 



Lake Okeechobee discharges through the St. 



Lucie Canal. Gulf Research Reports, vol. 1, 



No. 5, p. 189-307. 



The seasonal occurrence and size of 194 

 blue crabs captured at trawl and seine 

 stations, together with salinities (range, 

 0.14 - 29.2 p.p.t.) and water temperatures. 

 Females bearing eggs were taken in January 

 and May. 



Gunter, Gordon, and W. E. Shell. 



1958. A study of an estuarine area with 



water-level control in the Louisiana marsh. 



Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of 



Sciences, vol. 21, p. 5-34. 



Salinity ranges and catches of blue crabs, 

 other Crustacea, and marine fishes in Grand 

 and White lakes, La. 



Gunter, Gordon, Robert H. Williams, Charles C. 

 Davis, and F. G. Walton Smith. 



1948. Catastrophic mass mortality of marine 

 animals and coincident phytoplankton bloom 

 on the west coast of Florida, November 1946 

 to August 1947. Ecological Monographs, vol. 

 18, No. 3, p. 309-324. 



Blue crabs were killed in the red tide 

 (Gymnodinium breuis) outbreak. 



Gurney, Robert. 



1960. Bibliography of the larvae of decapod 

 Crustacea. Larvae of decapod Crustacea. H. R. 

 Engelmann (J. Cramer) and Wheldon & 

 Wesley, Ltd., Weinheim/Bergstr., Codi- 

 cote/Herts., 123, 308 p. 



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