Archive for August, 2007

Squareback Marsh Crab Harvesting “Spartina patens”

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

In the sudden salt marsh dieback area off Loagy Bay in South Wellfleet, we observed the nocturnal squareback marsh crab harvesting Spartina patens grass. The density of SBMCs in this dieback area was extraordinary.

Squareback Marsh Crab Documented Harvesting Spartina patens