#crustaceans — Public Fediverse posts

🦀 NEW: Researchers documented #amphipods hitching rides on giant sea #spiders in the deep Southeast #Pacific #Ocean.

Separate encounters suggest that smaller #crustaceans use larger #marine #animals for #transportation across extreme distances. The #behavior shows how #deepsea organisms form ecological partnerships to navigate low food availability and high pressure #environments.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-creatures-seen-riding-giant-sea-spiders-in-the-midnight-ocean

#science #biology #animals #research #ecology #nature #wildlife #ecosystem

#GorgeWaterway Action Society is part of the federal Department of #Fisheries and #Oceans #EuropeanGreenCrab #MonitoringProject.

The local monitoring team caught a few invasive crabs during the Gorge Waterway trapping yesterday. The team is back out, today(Sept. 19) at 10am.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x5-MeifU5FA

This is an ongoing environmental project for our #GorgeWaterwayActionSociety.
https://www.gorge.ca/projects/european-green-crab-monitoring

In association with #DFO - #PacificSalmonFoundation
https://psf.ca/
#PeninsulaStreamsSociety
https://peninsulastreams.ca/
#InvasiveSpeciesCouncilBC
https://bcinvasives.ca/

More info on these #invasive #crabs be found here:
https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/profiles-profils/europeangreencrab-crabevert-eng.html

If you see any of these invasive green crabs - please report them:

Toll-free: 1-888-356-7525
Email: [email protected]

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/environment/plants-animals-ecosystems/invasive-species/reporting-invasive-species

#VictoriaBC #YYJ #Esquimalt #Saanich #marine #BCInvasives #wildlife #ecological #ecosystems #environmental #InvasiveSpeciesProject #MarineBiology #crustaceans #Nature #conservation #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #SalishSea #Songhees #ReportInvasiveSpecies #TrackingInvasives #EnvironmentalImpact #ProtectNativeSpecies #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #Ecology #MarineEnvironment