Material Information
- Title:
- MAKE IT OR BREAK IT: A FORAY INTO THE EATING HABITS OF AUTOTOMIZED STONE CRABS MENIPPE MERCENARIA (SAY 1818)
- Physical Description:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Creator:
- Schotman, Hannah
- Publisher:
- New College of Florida
- Place of Publication:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Publication Date:
- 2014
Thesis/Dissertation Information
- Degree:
- Bachelor's ( B.A.)
- Degree Grantor:
- New College of Florida
- Degree Divisions:
- Natural Sciences
- Area of Concentration:
- Biology
Subjects
- Genre:
- bibliography ( marcgt )
theses ( marcgt )
government publication (state, provincial, territorial, dependent) ( marcgt )
born-digital ( sobekcm )
Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
Notes
- Abstract:
- Numerous fisheries around the world suffer from overfishing, and finding more sustainable fishing techniques has become a major focus of marine researchers. In the United States, most fisheries require that the entire organism be harvested, however, the stone crab fishery takes advantage of the natural ability of the crabs to autotomize and regenerate their limbs by only removing the claws (chelipeds) of the crab, thus returning the live crab back into the fishery. The bulk of the fishery is located in Florida, where two species and their hybrids are harvested and marketed as stone crabs, Menippe mercenariaandM. adina. Since the main prey of the stone crab consists of hard shelled mollusks, which are typically crushed by the crabs’ strong claws, the removal of one or both claws by the fishery should have a negative impact on the ability of the crab to access its chosen food source. To test the crabs’ choices in food after one or both claws were removed, a crab was given four items that simulated choices found in the wild. Crabs preferred gastropod prey before claw removal, and did not make the same choice after the claw was removed. This was expected, because of the crabs’ inability to properly manipulate the prey without both chelipeds.
- Statement of Responsibility:
- by Hannah Schotman
- Thesis:
- Thesis (B.A.) -- New College of Florida, 2014
- General Note:
- RESTRICTED TO NCF STUDENTS, STAFF, FACULTY, AND ON-CAMPUS USE
- Bibliography:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- General Note:
- This bibliographic record is available under the Creative Commons CC0 public domain dedication. The New College of Florida Libraries, as creator of this bibliographic record, has waived all rights to it worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.
- General Note:
- Faculty Sponsor: Gilchrist, Sandra
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- New College of Florida
- Holding Location:
- New College of Florida
- Rights Management:
- Applicable rights reserved.
- Classification:
- S.T. 2014 S36
- System ID:
- AA00024804:00001
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