Catch up, Crab metab. manuscript revisions, and grant edits

  • health insurance overlap sorted out

  • dungeness crab chitin shells vs. calcium carbonate shells explanation for Jenny Stock @ NOAA WCNMS
    • The major take home points from the sources include:
      • the major source of calcium carbonate used for exoskeleton calcification in marine crabs is from their ocean environment (1). They absorb it through their gills (2). - During exoskeleton calcification, calcium carbonate is deposited into the shell’s network of chitin fibers (1,3). - Calcium carbonate is the most important inorganic compound of the mineral phase in crustacean shells (2) because: - it provides rigidity in the exoskeleton (1,3) - it can be resorbed by the animal and facilitate internal acid-base regulation (see attached diagram from (4), as well as other physiological processes like signal transduction (5).
    • Sources: 1. Luquet (2012) ZooKeys 2. Chang and Thiel The Natural History of the Crustacea Physiology vol. 4 pg. 292 3. Roer and Dillaman (1984) Amer Zool. 4. Chang and Thiel The Natural History of the Crustacea Physiology vol. 4 pg. 323 5. Chang and Thiel The Natural History of the Crustacea Physiology vol. 4 pg. 13

  • sci reports revisions

  • 2018-SK-triploid grant edits