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Egg extrusion as a kepone-clearance route in the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus

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The concentration of Kepone in extruded egg masses and the backfin muscles of the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus, collected from seven stations in the lower James River and lower Chesapeake Bay was determined. Crabs from the lower James River were generally more contaminated than those from the lower Chesapeake Bay. Extruded eggs contain approximately three times more Kepone than backfin muscle. Egg extrusion is concluded to be a major route of Kepone clearance from female blue crabs.

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    Morris H. Roberts & A. Thomas Leggett

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Contribution No. 956 from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062.

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Roberts, M.H., Leggett, A.T. Egg extrusion as a kepone-clearance route in the blue crab,Callinectes sapidus . Estuaries 3, 192–199 (1980). https://doi.org/10.2307/1352069

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