Biotic resistance to green crab, Carcinus maenas, in California bays

Jensen, Gregory C.; McDonald, P. Sean; Armstrong, David A.

doi:10.1007/s00227-007-0658-4

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“…Without substantive biotic resistance, growth of the green crab population might go largely unchecked. Previous work in central California has shown that local populations of green crab can reach exceedingly high densities in isolated areas free of native competitors and predators (McDonald 2006, Jensen et al 2007.…”

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“…Shoalwater Bay does not support abundant native cancrid crabs, such as C. magister and C. productus (Rooper et al 2002, Holsman et al 2003, which have been shown to limit the distribution and abundance of green crab elsewhere (Hunt and Yamada 2003, McDonald 2006, Jensen et al 2007). Without substantive biotic resistance, growth of the green crab population might go largely unchecked.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Green Crab Larval Retention in Willapa Bay, Washington: An Intensive Lagrangian Modeling Approach

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McDonald

Armstrong

2009

Estuaries and Coasts

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The European green crab (Carcinus maenas) is invasive on the U.S. West Coast. This study uses a high-resolution circulation model to determine the likelihood that green crab larvae spawned in Willapa Bay, Washington could be retained by circulation and behavior long enough to reach maturity and re-settle within the bay. A particle-tracking method (the "diffusive Lagrangian return map") is presented that makes it possible to track the dispersion of hundreds of thousands of model larvae-each subject to three-dimensional advection, vertical turbulent diffusion, and imposed vertical migration behavior-over their full 30-50 d development time with modest computational resources. Larvae spawned in summer show significant retention (5-40%) in the southern and western portions of the bay, including the Stackpole shoals near the mouth, the area most likely to be colonized by late-stage megalopae arriving from the coastal ocean. Larvae spawned in spring show much less retention throughout the bay, because of 1) increased flushing caused by increased river input relative to summer conditions and 2) longer development times caused by lower water temperatures. The role of larval swimming behavior is secondary to hydrodynamics in setting these spatial and seasonal patterns of retention.

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Green Crab Larval Retention in Willapa Bay, Washington: An Intensive Lagrangian Modeling Approach

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McDonald

Armstrong

2009

Estuaries and Coasts

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“…From its native range in Europe and North Africa, it has spread to the east coast of North America (Glude 1955), southern Australia (Carlton and Cohen 2003), South Africa (Le Roux et al 1990), Japan (Carlton and Cohen 2003), South America (Hidalgo et al 2005), and to the Pacific coast of North America, from Morro Bay, California, to as far north as Vancouver Island, British Columbia (Carlton and Cohen 2003). Although green crabs utilize a variety of habitats in their native range and on the east coast of North America, their predominant habitat on the west coast of North America is currently limited to the high intertidal zone in protected estuaries, perhaps due to biotic resistance from native crabs (Cohen et al 1995;Grosholz and Ruiz 1996;Jamieson et al 1998;Hunt and Yamada 2003;McDonald et al 2006;Jensen et al 2007).…”

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“…In addition to their effects on oysters, other bivalves and native crabs, green crabs may also negatively impact shorebird populations and sediment characteristics (Grosholz and Ruiz 2002). However, the realized effects of green crabs on the West Coast may be less than originally feared because of biotic resistance from large native crabs, which interact via predation and competition (Hunt and Yamada 2003;McDonald et al 2006;Jensen et al 2007). This potentially explains why green crabs are only found in areas on the West Coast that lack large adult native crabs such as the high intertidal zone of protected estuaries.…”

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Reconstructing the range expansion and subsequent invasion of introduced European green crab along the west coast of the United States

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Feist

2009

Biol Invasions

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The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, was first documented in San Francisco Bay in 1989, and has since spread north along the west coast of North America. The spread of this invasion has not been a smooth expansion, which has raised questions about the underlying causes of variation in recruitment. We modeled larval development and transport along the West Coast by employing an individual-based model that incorporated oceanographic model output of water temperature and ocean currents at fine spatial and temporal scales. The distance that larvae were advected depended primarily on the timing of larval release. However, the effect of seasonal ocean currents varied across latitude and years. Our results imply that the furthest northern transport from California occurs when larvae are released from Humboldt Bay during the fall of an El Niño year, making this a particularly risky time for invasion to Oregon and Washington estuaries. To precisely predict future spread and potential impacts of green crab, we recommend further empirical research to determine the precise timing of larval release and seasonal abundance of green crab larvae from North American west coast populations.

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“…C. productus is a large-clawed, generalist crab that occurs along the west coast of North America, but not in the native habitats of either species of drill. This crab has been observed to prey on several invasive species, including the European green crab, Carcinus maenas (Hunt and Yamada 2003;Jensen et al 2007), and the purple varnish clam, Nuttalia obscurata (Dudas et al 2005). It is notable that the varnish clam might have a behavioral refuge from C. productus, since it is able to bury deeper in the substrate than other local bivalves (Dudas et al 2005).…”

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Behavioral plasticity in an invaded system: non-native whelks recognize risk from native crabs

Grason

Miner

2011

Oecologia

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Inducible defenses have the potential to affect both invasion success and the structure of invaded communities. However, little is known about the cues used for risk-recognition that influence the expression of inducible defenses in invasive prey, because they involve a novel threat. In laboratory experiments, we investigated behavioral defenses induced by a native crab on two invasive oyster drills (marine whelks Urosalpinx cinerea and Ocinebrina inornata). Both drills hid more often and reduced their feeding rates when they detected predators consuming conspecific prey. Examination of the responses of U. cinerea to specific cue sources (predator kairomones, conspecific alarm cues) indicated that this species had the strongest responses to cues from injured conspecifics, but that it did recognize the novel crab predator. Our observation of native predator (per se) recognition by an invasive marine prey is novel. In addition, we observed that neither species of drill reduced their defensive behavior to reflect predation risk shared by a group of prey. The lack of density dependence in risk-assessment could cause populations of invasive prey to transmit both quantitatively and qualitatively different community effects over the course of an invasion as abundance changes. Together, these findings demonstrate several ways that the risk-assessment strategies could be important in establishment and post-establishment dynamics of invasive prey.

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Biotic resistance to green crab, Carcinus maenas, in California bays

Cited by 51 publications

References 59 publications

Green Crab Larval Retention in Willapa Bay, Washington: An Intensive Lagrangian Modeling Approach

Green Crab Larval Retention in Willapa Bay, Washington: An Intensive Lagrangian Modeling Approach

Reconstructing the range expansion and subsequent invasion of introduced European green crab along the west coast of the United States

Behavioral plasticity in an invaded system: non-native whelks recognize risk from native crabs

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