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Summer brings crab feasts--and concerns for Chesapeake blue crabs
View scientists conducting blue crab research on Chesapeake Bay.
Credit: NSF
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Chesapeake Bay blue crabs are in decline: How much does disease play a part?
Credit: Dave Taylor, DFO Canada
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Domain of the Chesapeake blue crab: salt marshes on the Eastern Shore of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Credit: Jeff Shields, VIMS
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Juvenile blue crabs are collected in shallow seagrass beds, then sorted for transport to the lab.
Credit: Hamish Small, VIMS
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Scientists Jeff Shields and Anna Coffey of the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences pull a crab pot and sort crabs into coolers.
Credit: Dave Taylor, DFO Newfoundland
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Two mature male blue crabs show the distinctive color of their claws and walking legs.
Credit: Jeff Shields, VIMS
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Hemolymph, or blood, is taken from the base of a walking leg of a blue crab.
Credit: Jeff Shields, VIMS
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