[SEMCO] What's Next For Blue Crabs - Thursday, April 9 at Waquoit Bay Reserve

[Tompkins, Laurie (DCR)]

Waquoit Bay Reserve Visitor Center
131 Waquoit Highway (Route 28)
Waquoit, MA

Research at the Reserve: Coffee House Series
Thursday, April 9
7:00-8:30PM
What's Next fo r Blue Crabs?
[cid:image002.jpg at 01D071FD.17A70230]For centuries, Cape Cod has been the northern range boundary for blue crabs, an ecologically and economically important predator
in Atlantic coastal estuaries. In recent years however, people have begun to see blue crabs in waters north of Cape Cod. As conditions
continue to warm, will we see blue crabs expand their populations into the Gulf of Maine? What will this mean for the salt marshes
and invasive green crabs if a new predator comes to town?
Tanya Rogers is a PhD student at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center. She is studying crab populations in Waquoit Bay and in many other
estuaries north and south of Cape Cod.


Join us for an informal evening learning about the cutting edge research happening around Waquoit Bay.
Each week you will learn from a different scientist about how they do their research, what they are discovering, and how
it applies to today's issues. We'll serve hot coffee and sweet desserts to complete the coffee house atmosphere.

Laurie Tompkins
Event Coordinator
Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
P.O. Box 3092
Waquoit, MA 02536
Tel. 508-457-0495 x108
Fax 617-727-5537
www.waquoitbayreserve.org<http://www.waquoitbayreserve.org/>

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