PACIFIC NORTHWEST CRAB RESEARCH GROUP

Guiding Literature:

• Rasmuson, 2013. The Biology, Ecology, and Fishery of the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. Advances in Marine Biology. [abstract]

• Shanks & Roegner, 2007. Recruitment limitation in Dungeness crab populations is driven by variation in atmospheric forcing. Ecology. [abstract]

• Dinnel et al. 1993. Evidence for multiple recruitment-cohorts of Puget Sound Dungeness crab, Cancer magister. [abstract]

Publications by PCRG Members:

• Buckner et al. 2025. Developing a collaborative Dungeness crab larval monitoring network in the Salish Sea to provide long-term, fishery-relevant data. Fisheries. [full article]

• McElhany et al. 2025. Population and maternal variation in the sensitivity of Dungeness crab Metacarcinus magister zoeae to elevated CO2. Marine Ecology Progress Series. [abstract] 

• Grossman et al. 2025. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2023. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

• Cook et al. 2024. Modeling growth of multiple recruitment cohorts of Dungeness crab co-occurring within the central Salish Sea. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. [full article]

• Grossman et al. 2024. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2022. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report].

• McElhany et al. 2022. Higher survival but smaller size of juvenile Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) in high CO2. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. [full article]

• Grossman et al. 2023. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2021. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

• Grossman et al. 2022. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2020. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

• Grossman et al. 2022. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2019. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

• Grossman et al. 2021. Swinomish larval and juvenile Dungeness crab monitoring report for 2018. Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. [full report]

• Fisher et al. 2021. Climate shock effects and mediation in fisheries. PNAS. [abstract] 

• Lee & O’Malley 2020. Fine-scale spatial and temporal genomic variation among Dungeness crab Cancer magister larval recruits in the California Current Ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series. [abstract] 

• Lee & O’Malley 2020. Big Fishery, Big Data, and Little Crabs: Using Genomic Methods to Examine the Seasonal Recruitment Patterns of Early Life Stage Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) in the California Current Ecosystem. Frontiers in Marine Science. [full article] 

• Bednarsek et al. 2020. Chemical Exposure Due to Anthropogenic Ocean Acidification Increases Risks for Estuarine Calcifiers in the Salish Sea: Biogeochemical Model Scenarios. Frontiers in Marine Science. [full article]

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