Purple Marsh Crab Consumer Front (IMAGE)

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Purple Marsh Crab Consumer Front

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The impacts of purple marsh crabs on salt marshes can be viewed from space. The crabs leave expansive, fan-shaped mudflats as they burrow into the marsh and consume large swaths of cordgrass.

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Virginia Sea Grant

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