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07-14-2013, 01:11 PM
King Crabs In The Antarctic Are Most Likely Native To The Region
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Citing the recent discovery of a major colony of King crabs (http://www.redorbit.com/topics/king-crab/) near Antarctica, some global warming alarmists theorize that rising temperatures have allowed the crabs to claim territory that was previously uninhabitable.
According to a new review of crab records published in the journal PLOS ONE (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066981), the crabs are not newly established settlers; they’ve been there all along.
The so-called “invasion hypothesis is based on a geographically and spatially poor fossil record of a different group of crabs,” the review authors wrote.
Antarctic King Crabs May Actually Be Native - Science News - redOrbit (http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112891219/antarctic-crabs-thought-to-be-native-instead-of-invaders-070513/)
http://www.redorbit.com/media/uploads/2013/07/king-crab-antarctic-shutterstock_130634288-617x416.jpg
Citing the recent discovery of a major colony of King crabs (http://www.redorbit.com/topics/king-crab/) near Antarctica, some global warming alarmists theorize that rising temperatures have allowed the crabs to claim territory that was previously uninhabitable.
According to a new review of crab records published in the journal PLOS ONE (http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0066981), the crabs are not newly established settlers; they’ve been there all along.
The so-called “invasion hypothesis is based on a geographically and spatially poor fossil record of a different group of crabs,” the review authors wrote.
Antarctic King Crabs May Actually Be Native - Science News - redOrbit (http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112891219/antarctic-crabs-thought-to-be-native-instead-of-invaders-070513/)