Monod, Theodore. 



1966. Crevettes et crabes de la cote occiden- 

 tale d'Afrique, p. 103-234. In C. S. A. 



I Scientific Council for Africa] Specialist 



meeting on crustaceans, Zanzibar, 1964. 



Memoires de I'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique 



Noire, No. 77. 



Callinectes gladiator, C. marginatus, and C. 

 latimanus occur on the west coast of 

 Africa. The author presents the biology of 

 the genus using American literature on C. 

 sapidus (industry, life history, growth, and 

 food). 



Moody, Harold. 



1963. St. Johns River. Florida Wildlife, vol. 



17, No. 2 and 3, Pt. 1, p. 116-123, Pt. 2, p. 



20-27. 



The St. Johns River, Fla., supports an 

 important commercial fishery and a sport 

 fishery for blue crabs. The species occurs as 

 far upstream as Lake Harney (190 miles). 



Moore, David J. 



1969. The uptake and concentration of fluor- 

 ide by the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus. Ph. 

 D. thesis, North Carolina State University, 47 



P- 



Ecological effects of increased fluoride 

 levels in the Pamlico Estuary, N.C., as a 

 result of phosphate processing. Significant 

 amounts of fluoride accumulated in crab 

 tissues at all experimental water fluoride 

 levels; content in muscle is a potential 

 public health problem. Inhibitory effect of 

 fluoride on crab growth. 



More, William R. 



1969. A contribution to the biology of the 

 blue crab (Callinectes sapidus Rathbun) in 

 Texas, with a description of the fishery. Texas 

 Parks & Wildlife Department, Technical Series 

 No. 1,31 p. 



A survey of the commercial fishery 

 (1965-67) provided data on catch, effort, 

 and reasons for fluctuations in the catch. 

 Biological studies provided data on periods 

 of spawning, occurrence of megalops, 

 growth, migrations, and the effect of tem- 

 perature and salinity (occurred in salinities 

 over 50 p.p.t.) on distribution of crabs by 

 size, sex, season, and sexual maturity. A 



large crab kill was attributed to low oxygen 

 concentration and a plankton bloom. Inci- 

 dences of four parasites and one disease of 

 blue crabs were determined. 



Morgulis, Sergius. 



1922. A study of the non-protein constituents 

 in blood of some marine invertebrates. Jour- 

 nal of Biological Chemistry, vol. 50, p. 52-54. 

 A survey of the blood from horseshoe crab, 

 blue crab, spider crab, and lobster. The 

 sugar, nonprotein nitrogen, and uric acid 

 content of the blood from blue crab 

 showed the greatest variability. Blue crabs 

 examined immediately showed a high con- 

 tent, but after 1 day the sugar and non- 

 protein nitrogen diminished and the uric 

 acid disappeared. 



Morrison, George S., and Fletcher P. Veitch. 



1957. An investigation of the chemistry of 



texture changes of frozen blue crabmeat. 



Commercial Fisheries Review, vol. 19, No. 10, 



p. 1-5. 



Studies of the changes in texture in frozen, 

 stored blue crab meat showed that a 

 low-grade nonenzymatic respiration of 

 tissue continues even at -17° C. Respiratory 

 quotient studies indicated that the Warburg 

 respiration is due to oxidation of tissue 

 carbohydrates. 



Muncy, Robert J., and Abe D. Oliver, Jr. 



1963. Toxicity of ten insecticides to red 

 crawfish, Procambarus clarki (Girard). Trans- 

 actions of the American Fisheries Society, 

 vol. 92, No. 4, p. 428-431. 



Test with methyl parathion in brackish 

 water from the Gulf of Mexico revealed 

 that concentrations of 0.5 p. p.m. remained 

 toxic to young blue crabs for at least 45 

 days. 



Newcombe, Curtis L. 



1943. The biology and conservation of the 

 blue crab. Virginia Fisheries Laboratory, 

 Gloucester Point, Educational Series No. 3, 

 15 p. 



Value of the crab fishery (1929-41) in 

 Chesapeake Bay, life history, growth, food, 

 and migrations. Conservation measures 

 discussed include minimum widths on crabs 



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