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resources for learning about crabs


rojo

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i'm having trouble finding really good resources for my son who's passionate about crabs. he read "walking sideways" which was a great introduction, but i don't know where to look for more in depth material (books). he'd like to learn more about crabs in general, as well as more specifically about ghost, blue and sentinel crabs. he's 12, but is an advanced reader.

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These look generally applicable: http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/crab/identification.html,

http://faculty.nmu.edu/ncumberl/Neil/MainFWC-website/FWCBiology.html

 

Published papers about specific crabs:

http://www.seer.furg.br/atlantica/article/download/1526/667 (Ghost)

http://museumvictoria.com.au/pages/4022/60_1_gilchrist.pdf (Hermit)

http://www.scielo.br/pdf/rbzool/v19n4/v19n4a08.pdf (Hermit)

http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/projects/mfl/reports/Chass_Appendices/Section_11.16.pdf (Blue)

http://web.vims.edu/bridge/bluecrabworkshop2.pdf?svr=www (Blue)

 

Those papers require a technical English reading level, but if your son is interested enough he will be able to look up terms and if he does not know already, recommend that he read the first sentence of and skims the body of Wikipedia pages for terms he doesn't know. Good on you for putting effort into assisting your son's explorations! :)

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