Concurrent decline of the spawning stock, recruitment, larval abundance, and size of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Chesapeake Bay

By R. Lipcius, W. Stockhausen. 2002

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Post-mating behavior, intramolt growth, and onset of migration to Chesapeake Bay spawning grounds by adult female blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun (2003, background): “A large proportion of females is presently being caught, reflected by a 70% decline in the biomass of the female spawning stock (Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002).”
The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus): A Multidisciplinary Approach to Responsible Stock Replenishment (2008, background): “However, more alarming than the drop in abundance and harvest of the blue crab is the concurrent decline in the blue crab spawning stock and, in turn, 24 decreased larval abundance and recruitment (Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002).”
The timing and route of movement and migration of post-copulatory female blue crabs, Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, from the upper Chesapeake Bay (2005, background): “However, most likely due to the effects of overfishing and habitat degradation, the Chesapeake Bay blue crab spawning stock abundance and biomass have declined 81% and 84%, respectively, from 1992 to 2000 (Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002) and remain at record low levels (BBCAC, 2003).”
Winter distribution of blue crab Callinectes sapidus in Chesapeake Bay : application and cross-validation of a two-stage generalized additive model (2005, background): “Assessments of this stock indicate recent declines in both abundance and landings (Miller & Houde 1998, Rugolo et al. 1998, Lipcius & Stockhausen 2002) despite efforts to reduce fishing mortality.”
Ontogenetic changes in the diet of the sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, in lower Chesapeake Bay and Virginia (USA) coastal waters (2007, background): “The blue crab population has declined since these data were collected in 1983, with spawning stock and recruitment declines, as well as a population reduction (~70%) occurring from 1991 to 2000 ( Lipcius and Stockhausen 2002 ).”
Distinguishing disease impacts from larval supply effects in a lobster fishery collapse (2009, background): “For commercially exploited species, multistage monitoring can be a powerful tool in assessment, forecasting and management (Caputi et al. 1995, Lipcius & Stockhausen 2002).”
BIOTIC RESISTANCE TO INVASION: NATIVE PREDATOR LIMITS ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN INTRODUCED CRAB (2005, background): “In contrast, a decrease in Callinectes sapidus abundance, such as a continuation of the documented recent declines in Chesapeake Bay (Abbe and Stagg 1996, Lipcius and Stockhausen 2002), could allow range expansion of Carcinus maenas and a consequent trophic cascade in this bay.”
Historical Diet Analysis of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta) in Virginia (2007, background): “The lower Chesapeake Bay blue crab spawning stock, larval abundance, and post-larval recruitment were significantly lower during 1992–1999 than 1985–1991 (Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002).”
Lifetime reproductive potential of female blue crabs Callinectes sapidus in North Carolina, USA (2009, background): “The authors estimated a maximum lifetime clutch production of 18 clutches for Florida crabs, 7 clutches for crabs from the lower Chesapeake Bay, and 6 clutches for crabs from the upper Chesapeake Bay, USA.”
Large-scale juvenile production of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus (2005, background): “More alarming than the decline of the harvests is the sharp drop in the Chesapeake Bay’s spawning stocks: 81% in abundance and 84% in biomass (Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002).”
Density, abundance and survival of the blue crab in seagrass and unstructured salt marsh nurseries of Chesapeake Bay (2005, background): “The production potential of the blue crab and other estuarine species that utilize salt marshes has likely been severely reduced due not only to direct salt marsh destruction (Peterson and Lipcius, 2003), but also due to indirect degradation of subtidal mud and sand flats fringing salt marshes, whic”
Macroalgal growth on bivalve aquaculture netting enhances nursery habitat for mobile invertebrates and juvenile fishes (2007, background): “Blue crab populations have declined in recent years and are of such high value to fisheries that management to enhance their spawning stock and recruitment is urgently needed (Lipcius & Stockhausen 2002).”
Unnatural selection: Effects of a male-focused size-selective fishery on reproductive potential of a blue crab population (2005, background): “Given increasing evidence of excessive pressure from the fishery (e.g., Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002), it will be imperative to obtain direct measures of how reduced sperm delivery by small or depleted males is affecting reproductive output of females in nature.”
Food availability and growth of the blue crab in seagrass and unvegetated nurseries of Chesapeake Bay (2005, background): “This species supports the largest commercial fishery in the state (Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002) and serves as both predator and”
Importance of Metapopulation Connectivity to Restocking and Restoration of Marine Species (2008, background): “In Chesapeake Bay, the blue crab spawning stock declined by 80% after 1992 (Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002).”
Revealing stock–recruitment relationships in lobsters and crabs: is experimental ecology the key? (2003, background): “…cygnus, Caputi et al., 1995a), or where a relatively tight linkage has existed in space and time between larval hatch and recruitment to subsequent benthic stages (e.g.,C. sapidus, Lipcius and Stockhausen, 2002), more typical of relatively short-lived caridean shrimp (Cobb and Caddy, 1989).”