{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7163667028","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458","title":"Reproductive Characteristics of the Invasive Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in the Marchica Lagoon (Alboran Sea, Morocco)","display_name":"Reproductive Characteristics of the Invasive Blue Crab Callinectes sapidus (Rathbun, 1896) in the Marchica Lagoon (Alboran Sea, Morocco)","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-05-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7163667028","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.12681/mms.42458","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458","pdf_url":"https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/download/42458/32977","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207270806","display_name":"Mediterranean Marine Science","issn_l":"1108-393X","issn":["1108-393X","1791-6763"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318078","host_organization_name":"Hellenic Centre for Marine Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318078"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Hellenic Centre for Marine Research"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Mediterranean Marine Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"diamond","oa_url":"https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/download/42458/32977","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5060586927","display_name":"Nassir Kaddouri","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4957-8391","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4957-8391"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126477371","display_name":"Mohammed V University","ror":"https://ror.org/00r8w8f84","country_code":"MA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126477371"]}],"countries":["MA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"NASSIR KADDOURI","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, B.P. 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco ; Fishing Laboratory, Regional Center of the National Institute of Fisheries Research, Nador, Morocco"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, B.P. 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco ; Fishing Laboratory, Regional Center of the National Institute of Fisheries Research, Nador, Morocco","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126477371"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5093471723","display_name":"Douaa Slimani","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8799-0736","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8799-0736","https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9159-573X"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210108110","display_name":"Mohamed I University","ror":"https://ror.org/01ejxf797","country_code":"MA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210108110"]}],"countries":["MA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"DOUAA SLIMANI","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory for the Improvement of Agricultural Production, Biotechnology and the Environment, FSO, Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory for the Improvement of Agricultural Production, Biotechnology and the Environment, FSO, Mohammed First University, Oujda, Morocco","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210108110"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5027133593","display_name":"Mohamed Selfati","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8425-6956","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8425-6956"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99297268","display_name":"University of Hassan II Casablanca","ror":"https://ror.org/001q4kn48","country_code":"MA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99297268"]}],"countries":["MA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"MOHAMED SELFATI","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of Health, Environment and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Maarif, Casablanca P.O. Box 5366, Morocco"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of Health, Environment and Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences Ain Chock, Hassan II University of Casablanca, Maarif, Casablanca P.O. Box 5366, Morocco","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99297268"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5107448211","display_name":"Najib El Ouamari","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"NAJIB EL OUAMARI","raw_affiliation_strings":["Fishing Laboratory, Regional Center of the National Institute of Fisheries Research, Nador, Morocco"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Fishing Laboratory, Regional Center of the National Institute of Fisheries Research, Nador, Morocco","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087736793","display_name":"Hocein Baza\u00efri","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1788-0580","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1788-0580"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I126477371","display_name":"Mohammed V University","ror":"https://ror.org/00r8w8f84","country_code":"MA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I126477371"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4401200390","display_name":"University of Gibraltar","ror":"https://ror.org/057a6gk14","country_code":"GI","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4401200390"]}],"countries":["GI","MA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"HOCEIN BAZAIRI","raw_affiliation_strings":["Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, B.P. 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco ; Natural Sciences and Environment Research Hub, University of Gibraltar, Europa Point Campus, Gibraltar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome, Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, 4 Avenue Ibn Battouta, B.P. 1014 RP, Rabat, Morocco ; Natural Sciences and Environment Research Hub, University of Gibraltar, Europa Point Campus, Gibraltar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I126477371","https://openalex.org/I4401200390"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.30465276,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"27","issue":"2","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11004","display_name":"Crustacean biology and ecology","score":0.5967000126838684,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11004","display_name":"Crustacean biology and ecology","score":0.5967000126838684,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12213","display_name":"Marine Ecology and Invasive Species","score":0.4011000096797943,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11505","display_name":"Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species","score":0.00039999998989515007,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1314","display_name":"Physiology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/13","display_name":"Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/blue-crab","display_name":"Callinectes sapidus","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/invasive-species","display_name":"invasive species","score":0.9959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reproductive-biology","display_name":"reproductive biology","score":0.8840000033378601},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gonadosomatic-index","display_name":"gonadosomatic index","score":0.8539999723434448},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/spawning-season","display_name":"spawning season","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/size-at-first-maturity","display_name":"size at first maturity","score":0.9210000038146973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/sex-ratio","display_name":"sex ratio","score":0.8140000104904175},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ovigerous-female","display_name":"ovigerous female","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/marchica-lagoon","display_name":"Marchica lagoon","score":0.9150000214576721},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/alboran-sea","display_name":"Alboran Sea","score":0.9359999895095825},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biosecurity","display_name":"biosecurity","score":0.9279999732971191},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/crab-fisheries-management","display_name":"crab fisheries management","score":0.3400000035762787}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777869114","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2698166","display_name":"Callinectes","level":3,"score":0.942300021648407},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779376097","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5581322","display_name":"Gonadosomatic Index","level":4,"score":0.8794000148773193},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67206012","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q666115","display_name":"Carapace","level":3,"score":0.8664000034332275},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.7585999965667725},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C149340888","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q814689","display_name":"Bycatch","level":3,"score":0.7390000224113464},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C505870484","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180538","display_name":"Fishery","level":1,"score":0.7268999814987183},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780146767","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2257783","display_name":"Portunidae","level":4,"score":0.5076000094413757},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777246098","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5159236","display_name":"Condition index","level":2,"score":0.4449000060558319},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C57520943","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1068155","display_name":"Sex ratio","level":3,"score":0.41019999980926514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C519853106","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3640158","display_name":"Reproductive biology","level":4,"score":0.36410000920295715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C4646841","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13996","display_name":"Mediterranean climate","level":2,"score":0.34540000557899475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.34369999170303345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C59659247","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11990","display_name":"Reproduction","level":2,"score":0.34049999713897705},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780040469","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5051704","display_name":"Catch per unit effort","level":3,"score":0.33009999990463257},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158278297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1756633","display_name":"Aquatic animal","level":3,"score":0.2985999882221222},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C101433766","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3543263","display_name":"Maturity (psychological)","level":2,"score":0.29580000042915344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776384079","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382441","display_name":"Marine mammal","level":2,"score":0.28299999237060547},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C192536144","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q609370","display_name":"Sexual maturity","level":2,"score":0.274399995803833},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90856448","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q431","display_name":"Zoology","level":1,"score":0.25609999895095825}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.12681/mms.42458","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458","pdf_url":"https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/download/42458/32977","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207270806","display_name":"Mediterranean Marine Science","issn_l":"1108-393X","issn":["1108-393X","1791-6763"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318078","host_organization_name":"Hellenic Centre for Marine Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318078"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Hellenic Centre for Marine Research"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Mediterranean Marine Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/42458","doi":null,"is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/view/42458","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306402257","display_name":"\u0399\u039d\u03a3\u03a4\u0399\u03a4\u039f\u03a5\u03a4\u039f \u0399\u03a3\u03a4\u039f\u03a1\u0399\u039a\u03a9\u039d \u0395\u03a1\u0395\u03a5\u039d\u03a9\u039d (National Hellenic Research Foundation)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I4210127711","host_organization_name":"National Hellenic Research Foundation","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210127711"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"1108-393X","raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.12681/mms.42458","doi":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.42458","pdf_url":"https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/hcmr-med-mar-sc/article/download/42458/32977","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S207270806","display_name":"Mediterranean Marine Science","issn_l":"1108-393X","issn":["1108-393X","1791-6763"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["cwts-core","dongbi-b","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-70","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310318078","host_organization_name":"Hellenic Centre for Marine Research","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310318078"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Hellenic Centre for Marine Research"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-sa","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Mediterranean Marine Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":1.0,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/14","display_name":"Life below water"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320313991","display_name":"Universit\u00e9 Mohammed V de Rabat","ror":"https://ror.org/00r8w8f84"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320332181","display_name":"National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration","ror":"https://ror.org/02z5nhe81"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334428","display_name":"University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science","ror":"https://ror.org/04dqdxm60"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7163667028.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W7163667028.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4406293343","https://openalex.org/W7161220720","https://openalex.org/W7130306532","https://openalex.org/W7208814436","https://openalex.org/W4413904090","https://openalex.org/W7220453806","https://openalex.org/W7170410299","https://openalex.org/W4405452226","https://openalex.org/W7119898333","https://openalex.org/W4385625220"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0,51,128,174],"blue":[1],"crab":[2],"Callinectes":[3],"sapidus,":[4],"originally":[5],"native":[6],"to":[7,28,46,143,160,207,230],"the":[8,18,30,37,43,56,61,66,86,149,209,215,228,232],"western":[9],"Atlantic":[10,19],"coast,":[11,40],"is":[12],"a":[13,154,168,189,201,235],"well-established":[14],"invasive":[15],"species":[16,233],"along":[17,36],"and":[20,64,91,120,153,167,221,245],"Mediterranean":[21,39],"coasts":[22],"of":[23,33,71,81,96,107,115,123,171,211],"Morocco.":[24],"This":[25],"study":[26],"aimed":[27],"investigate":[29],"reproductive":[31],"traits":[32],"C.":[34,73,212],"sapidus":[35,213],"Moroccan":[38],"specifically":[41],"in":[42,85,151,158,214],"Marchica":[44,216],"Lagoon,":[45,217],"support":[47],"post-border":[48],"biosecurity":[49],"strategies.":[50],"research":[52],"focused":[53],"on":[54],"estimating":[55],"gonadosomatic":[57,165],"index":[58,166],"(GSI),":[59],"identifying":[60],"spawning":[62,147],"season,":[63],"determining":[65],"size":[67,191],"at":[68,177,188],"first":[69,150],"maturity":[70,179],"female":[72],"sapidus.":[74],"Monthly":[75],"samples":[76],"were":[77,99,139],"collected":[78],"as":[79,234],"bycatch":[80],"artisanal":[82],"fishers":[83],"operating":[84],"lagoon":[87],"between":[88],"May":[89],"2022":[90],"April":[92,142,152],"2024.":[93],"A":[94],"total":[95],"938":[97],"crabs":[98],"collected,":[100],"with":[101,145,185],"an":[102,243],"average":[103],"carapace":[104,112,175],"width":[105,176],"(CW)":[106],"119.46":[108],"\u00b1":[109,117,125],"36.65":[110],"mm,":[111,119],"length":[113],"(CL)":[114],"54.11":[116],"15.68":[118],"body":[121],"weight":[122],"164.20":[124],"129.16":[126],"g.":[127],"sex":[129],"ratio":[130],"was":[131,181],"significantly":[132],"skewed":[133],"toward":[134],"males":[135,195],"(1.36:1).":[136],"Ovigerous":[137],"females":[138,186],"observed":[140],"from":[141],"October,":[144],"two":[146],"peaks:":[148],"more":[155],"pronounced":[156],"one":[157],"July":[159],"August,":[161],"indicated":[162],"by":[163],"increased":[164],"higher":[169],"proportion":[170],"ovigerous":[172],"females.":[173],"50%":[178],"(L50)":[180],"114.4":[182],"mm":[183],"overall,":[184],"maturing":[187],"larger":[190],"(117.8":[192],"mm)":[193],"than":[194],"(111.1":[196],"mm).":[197],"These":[198],"findings":[199],"provide":[200],"foundation":[202],"for":[203],"developing":[204],"targeted":[205],"strategies":[206],"manage":[208],"spread":[210],"reduce":[218],"its":[219,240],"population,":[220],"mitigate":[222],"environmental":[223],"impacts.":[224],"They":[225],"also":[226],"highlight":[227],"potential":[229],"valorize":[231],"fishery":[236],"resource,":[237],"potentially":[238],"turning":[239],"management":[241],"into":[242],"economic":[244],"ecological":[246],"advantage.":[247]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-10-29T09:56:32.521200","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}