| prevalence and potential pathogenicity of vibrio parahaemolyticus in chinese mitten crabs (eriocheir sinensis) harvested from the river thames estuary, england. | chinese mitten crabs (eriocheir sinensis) have been described as an alien invasive species in the river thames, united kingdom, and elsewhere in europe. the crabs can cause considerable physical damage to the riverbeds and threaten native ecosystems. trapping has been considered an option, but such attempts to control mitten crab populations in germany in the 1930s failed. in the united kingdom, it has been suggested that commercial exploitation of the species could be employed as a control opti ... | 2009 | 19205465 |
| dioxin and pcb contamination in chinese mitten crabs: human consumption as a control mechanism for an invasive species. | the chinese mitten crab eriocheir sinensis is an invasive species in north american and northeastern european rivers and estuaries, especially the thames, england, with the potential to cause considerable ecological and structural environmental damage. the brown meat of sexually ripe mitten crabs is highly prized in far eastern restaurants, suggesting that harvesting for culinary purposes offers a potential population control mechanism. we have analyzed tissues of thames and dutch mitten crabs f ... | 2009 | 19350945 |