May, Robert E. 



1936. A preliminary report of regeneration in 

 the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Proceedings 

 of the Louisiana Academy of Sciences, vol. 3, 

 No. l,p. 50-53. 



The time between autotomy of a cheliped 

 or leg and the beginning of regeneration, 

 rate and manner of growth of the new 

 appendage, and the affects of size and sex 

 of the crab on regeneration. 



Mayer, Alfred Goldsborough. 



1911. Sea-shore life. The invertebrates of the 

 New York coast and the adjacent coast 

 region. A. S. Barnes Company, New York, 

 181 p. 



The distribution, value, habitat, food, molt- 

 ing, and eggs of C. sapidus are included in a 

 section on crabs. 



Maynard, D. M. 



1961. Thoracic neurosecretory structures in 

 Brachyura. 2. Secretory neurons. General and 

 Comparative Endocrinology, vol. 1, p. 

 237-263. 



Describes secretory neurons, their location 

 in the nervous system, and associated fiber 

 tracts of Callinectes and 10 other genera. 



McCleskey, C. S., and Albert F. Boyd, Jr. 



1949. The longevity of the coliform bacteria 

 and enterococci in iced crabmeat. Food Tech- 

 nology, vol. 3, No. 10, p. 337-339. 



Coliform bacteria increased during storage 

 of iced crabmeat but the enterococci did 

 not change. Escherichia coli did not 

 increase significantly. There appeared to be 

 no relation between plate count and num- 

 bers of coliforms or enterococci, nor 

 between coliforms and enterococci. 



McCleskey, C. S., and Leonard Tobin. 



1941. Rigid sanitation required in packing 

 fresh crabmeat. Food Industries, vol. 13, No. 

 8, p. 39-40. 



Sources and prevention of bacterial con- 

 tamination in the processing of crab meat. 



McHargue, J. S. 



1924. The significance of the occurrence of 

 copper, manganese, and zinc in shellfish. 

 Science, vol. 60, p. 530. 



Concentration of iron, copper, zinc, and 

 manganese in the blue crab. 



McHugh,J. L. 



1967. Estuarine nekton, p. 581-620. In 

 George H. Lauff [ed.] Estuaries. American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, 

 Publication No. 83. 



Cites a report of blue crabs killed by a red 

 tide outbreak. Menhaden could consume 

 large numbers of blue crab larvae, because 

 in Chesapeake Bay and other estuaries, eggs 

 of blue crabs hatch at a time and in places 

 where adult menhaden are most abundant. 

 This predation could substantially affect 

 the future abundance of blue crabs. In 

 Chesapeake Bay, 1949-63, great abundance 

 of menhaden usually was associated with 

 low catches of blue crabs 1 year later, and 

 vice versa— but no proof of casual relation- 

 ship can be inferred. 

 1969. Fisheries of Chesapeake Bay. Pro- 

 ceedings of the Governor's Conference on 

 Chesapeake Bay, September 12-13, 1968. p. 

 II-135-II-160. • 



Refers to a series of hearings on the blue 

 crab resource by the House Committee on 

 Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Determina- 

 tion of the optimum size of stock by the 

 examination, over a sufficient period of 

 time, of the relation between the size of 

 the spawning stock and the number of 

 progeny which later enter the fishery. 

 Types of fishing gear for crabs, and trends 

 and problems in the blue crab and other 

 Chesapeake fisheries. 



McHugh, J. L., and Robert S. Bailey. 



1957. History of Virginia's commercial fisher- 

 ies. Virginia Journal of Science, vol. 8, No. 1, 

 p. 42-64. 



Included are sections on the history of the 

 blue crab fishery and fluctuation in abun- 

 dance of crabs in Virginia. Three major dips 

 in the annual catch— in the mid-1 930's, the 

 early 1940's, and the early 1950's- 

 coincided with periods of relative scarcity 

 of crabs. 



McHugh, J. L., and E. C. Ladd. 



1953. The unpredictable blue crab fishery. 

 National Fisheries Yearbook, 1953, p. 

 127-129. 



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