Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) was first recorded in the
Mediterranean Sea in 1949, but may have arrived as early as in the 1930's. Blue crabs in the
Mediterranean Sea are of concern due to their presumed potential for negative consumptive
and competitive interactions with native fauna. The aim of this study was to provide a first
assessment of the trophic ecology of non-native blue crab in the Northern Aegean Sea using …