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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67247| Title: | Saving the Maltese freshwater crab from extinction |
| Authors: | Sammut, Clayton |
| Keywords: | Freshwater crabs -- Malta Crabs -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2019 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta |
| Citation: | Sammut, C. (2019). Saving the Maltese freshwater crab from extinction. THINK Magazine, 28, 11. |
| Abstract: | Aconsiderable amount of endemic species inhabit the Maltese Islands. The Maltese freshwater crab (Qabru in Maltese) is one of them. In the 50s, the invertebrate was so abundant that freshwater crab soup was a common Maltese delicacy. And up until Malta adopted the Euro, it graced the Maltese five cent coin. The Maltese freshwater crab is unique to our heritage, but it is now threatened with extinction. Under the supervision of Dr Adriana Vella and the University of Malta’s conservation research group, I used various population and biological parameters to analyse the data and produce conservation recommendations |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/67247 |
| ISSN: | 2306-0735 |
| Appears in Collections: | Think Magazine, Issue 28 Think Magazine, Issue 28 |
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