Oregon State University researcher John Chapman is knee-deep in mud and sinking deeper by the minute. The mudflat surrounding him in Newport’s Yaquina Bay is pocked with holes – some snaking down more ...

An invasive isopod is on the move in Southeast Alaska. It's been found in both Ketchikan and Sitka. But the organism affects only one creature: the blue mud shrimp. If you’ve never heard of the blue ...

CALVERT ISLAND, British Columbia --- Researchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia's Calvert Island. The discovery represents the ...

Scientists have identified a prolific parasite that preys on mud shrimp - a native species of West Coast estuaries - and threatens to decimate mud shrimp populations, raising concern for the fragile, ...

ABSTRACT: Bacterial abundance, electron transport system activity (ETSA) and organic matter content (total organic carbon [TOC], total nitrogen [TN] and chl a) on the burrow wall of the mud shrimp ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The population structure and energetic burden of bopyrid isopod parasite Orthione griffenis on the eastern Pacific mud shrimp Upogebia ...

A scientist recently stumbled across an unusual find near Kaena Point. Sam Ohu Gon, a senior scientist with the Nature Conservancy of Hawaii, tells us he was hiking with friends when they saw shrimp ...

The blue mud shrimp (Upogebia pugettensis) is a vital ecosystem engineer in estuaries along the west coast of North America. Under normal circumstances, this species fulfils several important roles, ...

Kyoto, Japan -- The Japanese mud shrimp, Upogebia major, constructs burrows that can reach two meters deep into the sandy shores of East Asia and Eastern Russia. The size and Y-shape of these double ...

Researchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in the waters of British Columbia's Calvert Island. The discovery represents the northern-most record of the parasite on ...