1958. And crabs. Louisiana Conservationist, 

 vol. 10, No. l,p. 11,23. 



Popular account of blue crab life history, 

 growth, and food. 



Virginia Commission of Fisheries. 



1875-1969. Annual reports. Commission of 

 Fisheries of Virginia, 1875+. Division of 

 Purchase and Printing, Richmond. (After 

 1940, includes the Annual Reports of Virginia 

 Fisheries Laboratory, Gloucester Point, Col- 

 lege of William and Mary). 



Many report progress of research on the 



blue crab. 



Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg. 



1933. Commercial fisheries, p. 158-169. In 

 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 

 Virginia, economic and civic. Whittet and 

 Shepperson, Richmond, Va. 



A general review of the fishing industry in 



Virginia. 



Voss, Gilbert L., and Nancy A. Voss. 



1955. An ecological survey of Soldier Key, 

 Biscay ne Bay, Florida. Bulletin of Marine 

 Science of the Gulf and Caribbean, vol. 5, No. 

 3, p. 203-229. 



Invertebrate and algal life of a small island. 

 Various zones of shallow water are classi- 

 fied according to the most numerous 

 inhabitant. The occurrence of blue crabs, 

 associated species, and plant life in sandy 

 areas of two shallow water habitats is 

 discussed. 



Walburg, Charles H. 



1959. Edible crabs. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Fishery Leaflet No. 471, 4 p. 



General account of distribution, fishery, 

 industry, and value. 



Waldo, Ednard. 



1958. Crabbing. Louisiana Conservationist, 

 vol. 10, No. l,p. 10,12-13,22. 



Specifications for construction of a crab 



pot. 



Wang, L., R. R. Colwell, T. E. Lovelace, and G. 



E. Krantz. 



1969. Isolation of Vibrio parahaemolyticus 

 from Chesapeake Bay, U. S. A. Bacteriological 

 Proceedings, vol. 69, p. 1. Abstract only. 



C. sapidus food poisoning agent. Sero- 

 logical diagnosis and DNA base composi- 

 tion. 



Wass, Marvin L. 



1955. The decapod crustaceans of Alligator 

 Harbor and adjacent inshore areas of north- 

 western Florida. Quarterly Journal of the 

 Florida Academy of Sciences, vol. 18, No. 3, 

 p. 129-176. 



Distribution of the blue crab in north- 

 western Florida. The occurrence of the 

 sacculinid parasite, Loxothylacus texanus, 

 beneath the abdomen of the blue crab. 



Watase, S. 



1890. On the morphology of the compound 

 eyes of arthropods. Johns Hopkins University, 

 Studies from the Biological Laboratory, vol. 

 4, No. 6, p. 287-334. 



Morphology and phytogeny of the ommati- 

 dium of Callinectes and five other genera. 

 It was viewed as a simple ectodermic 

 invagination of the skin. The retinula cells 

 and ommatidium are diagramed. 



Waterman, Talbot H. [ed.] 



1960. The physiology of Crustacea. Vol. 1, 

 Metabolism and growth. Academic Press, New 

 York, 670 p. 



Chapters that refer to blue crabs: Respira- 

 tion (oxygen consumption and uptake by 

 tissues, critical pressure, oxygen capacity 

 and affinity of blood); Blood chemistry 

 (inorganic composition and nonprotein 

 nitrogen in blood); Circulation and heart 

 function (hemolymph cell counts); Feeding 

 and nutrition (food of zoea); Vitamins 

 (visual pigment); Osmotic and ionic regula- 

 tion (in sea water); Ecology and metabo- 

 lism (oxygen uptake of gills); Sex determi- 

 nation (effect if parasitized by Sacculina); 

 and Molting and its control (pigmentary 

 changes). 



1961. The physiology of Crustacea. Vol. 2, 

 Sense organs, integration, and behavior. 

 Academic Press, New York, 681 p. 



Chapters that refer to blue crabs: Light 

 sensitivity and vision (wavelength of maxi- 

 mum spectral sensitivity); Neurohumors 

 and neurosecretion (acetylcholine content 

 of ganglia); Locomotion (use of paddles); 



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