2011-01-272011-01-271964Accession # 11131http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/27662pages 577-580; available for download at the link below.Blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, catches taken in conjunction with fish sampling in the Upper Laguna Madre, show that there was a sharp decrease in the crabs available in the lagoon during 1963. This near absence of crabs is related directly to the increase in bay salinity to 46 ppt and higher.en-USUpper Laguna Madreblue crabsstock assessmentStudy of the Blue Crab Population of the Upper Laguna Madre - Study of the Texas Crab PopulationTexas Parks & Wildlife Coastal Fisheries Project Reports 1963Technical Report