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Invasive crab species identified in Panama Canal

Published: 20 September 2007
A Smithsonian scientist and his colleague from 51³Ô¹ÏÍøreport that a potentially harmful invasive crab species that has spread to several countries is now established and reproducing in Panama. Mark Torchin, a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, and Dominique Roche, a 51³Ô¹ÏÍøpre-doctoral student, report their research in the September issue of Aquatic Invasions.
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