Reference List

This list includes references used to derive specimen records as well as those with scientific name Hemigrapsus sanguineus listed in key words.

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14537 Journal Article Ahl, R.S., and S.P. Moss. 1999. Status of the nonindigenous crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, at Greenwich Point, Connecticut. Northeastern Naturalist 6(3):221-224.
32537 Journal Article Baillie, C., and J.H. Grabowski. 2019. Invasion dynamics: interactions between the European Green Crab Carcinus maenas and the Asian Shore Crab Hemigraspsus sanguineus. Biological Invasions 21(3):787-802. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-018-1858-1.
14008 Web Page Balabam, M., L. Whitlow, S. Day, and A. Locke. 2001. Marine biological invaders - Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine. http://www.fundyforum.com/tdarchive/td10.html.
1666 Report Balcom, Nancy C. 1997. Proceedings of the second northeastern conference on nonindigenous aquatic nuisance species. Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, University of Connecticut, 1084 Shennecossett, Groton, CT 06340-6097.
30185 Web Page Baltay, V. 2014. Crabs Count. http://www.crabscount.com/. Created on 01/01/2010. Accessed on 07/07/2017.
14539 Journal Article Bourdeau, P.E, and N.J. O'Connor. 2003. Predation by the nonindigenous asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus on macroalgae and molluscs. Northeastern Naturalist 10(3):319-334.
13228 Journal Article Breton, G., M. Faasse, P. Noel, and T. Vincent. 2002. A new alien crab in Europe: Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology 22(1):184-189.
15601 Journal Article Brousseau, D.J., and J.A. Baglivo. 2005. Laboratory investigations of food selection by the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus: algal verses animal preference. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(1):130-134.
16108 Journal Article Brousseau, D.J., and R. Goldberg. 2007. Effect of predation by the invasive crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus on recruiting barnacles Semibalanus balanoides in western Long Island Sound, USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series 339(221-228).
15602 Journal Article Brousseau, D.J., J.A. Baglivo, A. Filipowicz, L. Sego, and C. Alt. 2002. An experimental field study of site fidelity and mobility in the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Northeastern Naturalist 9(4):381-390.
14541 Journal Article Brousseau, D.J., K. Kriksciun, and J.A. Baglivo. 2003. Fiddler crab burrow usage by the Asian crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, in a Long Island Sound salt marsh. Northeastern Naturalist 10(4):415-420.
856 Journal Article Carlton, J.T., and J.B. Geller. 1993. Ecological roulette: the global transport of nonindigenous marine organisms. Science 261(Jul):78-82. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.261.5117.78.
13144 Conference Proceedings Cassanova, T. 2001. The ecology of the Japanese shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus De Haan) and its niche relationship to the green crab (Carcinus maenas Linneus) along the coast of Connecticut, USA. Pages 16-17 in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, New Orleans, LA, April 9-11, 2001.
17200 Database Checkoway, A. (MIT Sea Grant's Citizen Science Initiative). 2007. Hemigrapsus sanguineus and Carcinus maenas off the Coast of Maine.
14307 News Daniels, R. 2005. New fish transform Hudson. Poughkeepsie Journal. January 16, 2005. http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/sunday/localnews/stories/lo011605s6.shtml.
43006 Journal Article Danziger, A.M., and M. Frederich. 2022. Challenges in eDNA detection of the invasive European green crab, Carcinus maenas. Biological Invasions 24:1881-1894. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10530-022-02757-y.
15604 Journal Article Davis, J.L.D., N.A. Dobrowski, J.T. Carlton, J. Prevas, S. Parks, D. Hong, and E. Southworth. 2005. Autotomy in the Asian shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus) in a non-native area of its range. Journal of Crustacean Biology 25(4):655-660.
14532 Journal Article DeGraaf, J.D., and M.C. Tyrrell. 2004. Comparison of the feeding rates of two introduced crab species, Carcinus maenas and Hemigrapsus sanguineus, on the blue mussel Mytilus edulis. Northeastern Naturalist 11(2):163-167.
17295 Journal Article Delaney, D.G., C.D. Sperling, C.S. Adams, and B. Leung. 2008. Marine invasive species: validation of citizen science and implications for national monitoring networks. Biological Invasions 10:117-128. http://www.springerlink.com/content/r770140211747684/fulltext.pdf.
13143 Journal Article Epifanio, C.E., A.I. Dittel, S. Park, S. Schwalm, A. Fouts. 1998. Early life history of Hemigrapsus sanguineus, a non-indigenous crab in the Middle Atlantic Bight (USA). Marine Ecology Progress Series 170:231-238.
25897 Database Florida Museum of Natural History. 2013. Florida Museum of Natural History invertebrate zoology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1517. Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1517. Accessed on 04/09/2013.
26212 Database GBIF. 2013. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. http://www.gbif.org/. Accessed on 03/05/2024.
14527 Journal Article Gerard, V.A., R.M. Cerrato, and A.A. Larson. 1999. Potential impacts of a western Pacific grapsid crab on intertidal communities of the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Biological Invasions 1:353-361.
17298 Journal Article Griffen, B.D., and D.G. Delaney. 2007. Species invasion shifts the importance of predator dependence. Ecology 88(12):3012-3021. http://bgriffen.com/bdgpublications.html.
18483 Journal Article Griffen, B.D., and J.E. Byers. 2009. Community impacts of two invasive crabs: the interactive roles of density, prey recruitment, and indirect effects. Biological Invasions 11:927-940.
27712 Database iMapInvasives. 2019. New York iMapInvasives. New York Natural Heritage Program, Albany, NY. www.nyimapinvasives.org. Created on 07/08/2015. Accessed on 07/08/2015.
27853 Report Klassen, G. 2012. A biological synopsis of the Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2978. Fisheries and Oceans Canda, Burlington, Ontario.
13150 Journal Article Kraemer, G.P., M. Sellberg, A. Gordon, and J. Main. 2007. Eight-year record of Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian Shore Crab) invasion in Western Long Island Sound Estuary. Northeastern Naturalist 14(2):207-224. http://openscholar.purchase.edu/george_kraemer/files/kraemer_et_al._2007.pdf.
17643 Journal Article Kraemer, G.P., M. Sellberg, A. Gordon, and J. Main. 2007. Eight-year record of Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Asian shore crab) invasion in western Long Island Sound Estuary. Northeastern Naturalist 14(2):207-224.
13195 Journal Article Ledesma, M.E., and N.J. O'Connor. 2001. Habitat and diet of the non-native crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus in southeastern New England. Northeastern Naturalist 8(1):63-78.
13145 Journal Article Lohrer, A.M. 2001. The invasion of Hemigrapsus sanguineus in eastern North America: A Review. Aquatic Invaders 12(3):1-3.
13207 Journal Article Lohrer, A.M., and R.B. Whitlatch. 2002. Interactions among aliens: Apparent replacement of one exotic species by another. Ecology 83(3):719-732. http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdfplus/3071876.pdf.
14349 Journal Article Lohrer, A.M., and R.B. Whitlatch. 2002. Relative impacts of two exotic brachyuran species on blue mussel populations in Long Island Sound. Marine Ecology Progress Series 227:135-144.
9176 Conference Proceedings Lohrer, A.M., and R.B. Whitlatch. 1997. Ecological studies on the recently introduced Japanese shore crab (Hemigrapsus sanguineus), in eastern Long Island Sound. Pages 49-60 in Proceedings of the 2nd Northeast Conference on Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Species. Connecticut Sea Grant College Program, University of Connecticut. Groton, C.
16456 Journal Article MacDonald, J.A., R. Roudez, T. Glover, and J.S. Weis. 2007. The invasive green crab and Japanese shore crab: behavioral interactions with a native crab species, the blue crab. Biological Invasions 9(7):837-848.
9296 Journal Article McDermott, J.J. 1991. A breeding population of the western Pacific crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) established on the Atlantic coast of North America. Biological Bulletin (Woods Hole) 181:195-198.
9297 Journal Article McDermott, J.J. 1992. Biology of the western Pacific crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, living along the mid-Atlantic coast of the United States. American Zoologist 32:73.
9298 Report McDermott, J.J. 1995. Geographical distribution of a western Pacific brachyuran crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, along the east coast of the United States. Chesapeake Research Consortium Publication, No 149. Chesapeake Research Consortium, Edgewater, MD.
13066 Book Chapter McDermott, J.J. 1998. The Western Pacific Brachyuran Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Grapsidae) in its new habitat along the Atlantic coast of the United States: Feeding, Cheliped morphology and growth. Pages 425-444 in Schram, F.R., and J.C. von Vaupel, eds. Crustaceans and the biodiversity crisis. Brill. Leiden, The Netherlands.
13067 Journal Article McDermott, J.J. 2000. Natural history and biology of the Asian Shore Crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus in the Western Atlantic: A review, with new information. Marine Bioinvasions: Proceedings of the First National Conference, Jan. 24-27, 1999, MIT Sea Grant Program, Cambridge, MA:193-199.
9293 Journal Article McDermott, John, J. 1998. The western Pacific brachyuran (Hemigrapsus sanguineus: Grapsidae), in its new habitat along the Atlantic coast of the United States: geographic distribution and ecology. ICES Journal of Marine Science 55:289-298.
9294 Journal Article McDermott, John, J. 1998. The western Pacific brachyuran (Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Grapsidae) in its new habitat along the Atlantic coast of the United States: reproduction. Journal of Crustacean Biology 18(2):308-316.
24158 Web Page MIT Sea Grant. 2004. MIT Sea Grant - Hemigrapsus sanguineus Sightings. http:dogfish.mit.edu. Accessed 12/7/2004.
13149 Web Page NOAA. 2001. NOAA Recent Research: Potential impact of exotic crab species on juevenile bivalves.
13142 Conference Proceedings O' Connor, N.J. 2001. The Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus in New England: changes in resident crab populations. Pages 105-106 in Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Marine Bioinvasions, New Orleans, LA, April 9-11, 2001.
39289 Journal Article O'Connor, N.J. 2000. Another successful crab invader: the asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus. Aquatic Nuisance Species Digest 4(1):6-7.
19634 Journal Article Park, S., C.E. Epifano, R.B. Iglay. 2005. Patterns of larval release by the Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (De Haan): periodicity at diel and tidal frequencies. Journal of Shellfish Research 24(2):591-595.
39003 Journal Article Pederson, J., J.T. Carlton, C. Bastidas, A. David, S. Grady, L. Green-Gavrielidis, N. Hobbs, C. Kennedy, J. Knack, M. McCuller, B. O’Brien, K. Osborne, S. Pankey, and T. Trott. 2021. 2019 Rapid Assessment Survey of marine bioinvasions of southern New England and New York, USA, with an overview of new records and range expansions. International Journal of Field Research on Biological Invasions 10(2):227-237.
14536 Journal Article Schubart, C.D. 2003. The East Asian shore crab Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Brachyura: Varunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea: an independent human-mediated introduction. Scientia Marina 67(2):195-200.
42203 Journal Article Spilmont, N., and L. Seuront. 2023. Aliens eating aliens: an introduced amphipod as a potential prey of an invasive rocky shore crab in laboratory experiments. Aquatic Invasions 18(2):163-177. https://aquaticinvasions.arphahub.com/article/106252/.
17635 Journal Article Tyrrell, M.C., P.A. Guarino, and L.G. Harris. 2006. Predatory impacts of two introduced crab species: inferences from microcosms. Northeastern Naturalist 13(3):375-390.
14257 Web Page U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 2005. National Wildlife Refuge System Invasive Species. http://www.nwrinvasives.com/index.asp (Last accessed 2006).
18885 Database Walker, Janice. 2002. Invertebrate database from the Smithsonian Institute.
13206 Conference Proceedings Whitlatch, R.B., and R.W. Osman. 2000. Geographical distributions and organism-habitat associations of shallow-water introduced marine fauna in New England. Pages 61-65 in Pederson, J, ed. Proceedings of the First National Conference MIT SeaGrant Program Marine Bioinvasions. MIT Sea Grant Program. Cambridge, MA.
9295 Journal Article Williams, A.B., and J.J. McDermott. 1990. An eastern United States record for the western Indo-Pacific crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 103:108-109.
26018 Database Yale University. 2013. Yale Peabody Museum invertebrate zoology collection. Accessed through GBIF data portal, http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1021. Yale University, New Haven, CT. http://data.gbif.org/datasets/resource/1021. Created on 04/03/2007. Accessed on 04/11/2013.


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