Dataset: Cross Bay Demographics
Deployment: Grosholz

We conducted monthly trappings of invasive European green crabs to gather demographic data from several bays in northern California: Bodega Harbor, Tomales Bay, Bolinas Lagoon, San Francisco Bay, and Elkhorn Slough. All sites were accessed by foot via shore entry. At each of four sites within each bay, we placed 5 baited traps (folding Fukui fish traps) and 5 baited minnow traps in shallow intertidal areas. Traps arrays were set with fish and minnow traps alternating and with each 20 m apart. Traps were retrieved 24 hours later and traps were rebaited and collected again the following day. Trapping was continued for three consecutive days with traps removed on the final day. Each day, data for crab species, size, sex, reproductive condition, and injuries were collected for all crabs in the field. Following data collection, all crabs were returned to the lab, and frozen overnight prior to disposal. 

See Turner et al. (2016) for additional methodological details.