{"id":16326,"date":"2024-03-27T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=16326"},"modified":"2024-03-27T16:20:27","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T20:20:27","slug":"stone-crab-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/stone-crab-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College stone crab researchers aim to help the species, and a $30 million industry"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”16336″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” animation_easing=”default” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”skip-lazy-load” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]99% of the stone crab claws harvested in the United States come from Florida. Photos by Penh Alicandro ’22<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

Last summer, sea surface temperatures around Florida reached the highest levels on record\u2014close to 97 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas\u2014according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<\/a>.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”48″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]As Philip Gravinese, Ph.D.<\/a>, assistant professor of marine science<\/a> at Eckerd College, documented last summer when he and five of his students conducted research at the Mote Marine Laboratory in the Florida Keys for two months<\/a>, those elevated temperatures wreaked havoc on dozens of marine species, including the one in his ongoing Florida stone crab experiment. He noticed more female crabs rejecting their eggs, and the larval survival was lower than in the previous summer\u2019s research. This summer, NOAA is predicting more hot water.<\/p>\n

But Gravinese and his students aren\u2019t waiting for that to happen.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][image_with_animation image_url=”16338″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”None” animation_movement_type=”transform_y” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”48″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” left_margin=”0″ column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]In his Ecophysiology lab underneath the Galbraith Marine Science Laboratory<\/a> on the Eckerd campus are two tanks holding 18 Florida stone crabs collected from neighboring Boca Ciega Bay. The crabs are being tested to see how they are affected by varying levels of elevated temperatures. All of the crabs are adult females, in part to help standardize the testing and also to identify how thermal stress may impact future egg production.<\/p>\n

These aren\u2019t just crustaceans. The Florida stone crab industry generates more than $30 million a year in revenue. 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We are slowly ramping temperature at a consistent rate using digital thermostats in our Ecophysiology Lab. The crabs are being held at each temperature for about a week. We are measuring their stress, lactate levels, protein serum levels, and doing respirometry [metabolism\/measure of O2<\/sub> consumption] at each temperature.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, Gravinese says, all of the crabs have survived, but as water temperatures climb and corresponding oxygen levels drop, the animals struggle. \u201cImagine an Olympic athlete that may train at altitude with less oxygen to condition their body,\u201d he adds. \u201cWarmer water holds less oxygen. The difference here is that the crabs are not training, but rather trying to physiologically cope and survive.\u201d The final results are publishable, making the findings available to organizations such as the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Florida\u2019s Stone Crab Advisory Panel. \u201cWe will also be back in the Keys this summer with at least four Eckerd students continuing and adding to the larval work we did last summer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everyone knows climate change is a problem, says Jonathan, a junior marine science student from Pearland, Texas. \u201cThe water temperature has shown a steady increase over the years. But a lot of species, including stone crabs, don\u2019t have the ability to regulate their body temperature. So we\u2019re trying to see how greatly stone crabs are affected. Can they withstand those projections? 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People don\u2019t like to pay 45 to 50 dollars a pound for stone crab claws right now, but it\u2019s going to be increasingly harder to fish for them. Hopefully, we\u2019re giving crab fishers reason to find a solution before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” column_padding_type=”default” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column_text]Jonathan is a transfer student from Houston Community College who is finishing his first year at Eckerd. \u201cThere are not many promising results for where we\u2019re headed,\u201d he admits. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to see if the crabs are resilient at all. The answer so far is no. Most of the data shows that any animal subjected to these stressors does not do well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gillian, a first-year marine science student from Indianola, Iowa, is here because she took a special marine science course during high school. \u201cFor a first-year student, doing research like this is a great opportunity,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s special because it\u2019s so hands-on. And seeing how this research is done is going to help me run my own research project.<\/p>\n

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