Dataset: P. herbstii diet: body measurements (Eco-Evo 2015)
Deployment: Griffen_lab

We sampled 30 intertidal oyster reefs varying in complexity and height within North Inlet during May and June 2014.  Sampling was conducted during low tide.  Within each reef, we conducted sampling within three haphazardly placed 1 m^2 quadrats. From each quadrat, we collected all mature-sized female mud crabs (i.e., those >16 mm carapace width). Crabs collected from each reef were returned to the Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences laboratory.  Collected crabs were sacrificed by placing them into a freezer overnight, after which they were measured (carapace width) and dissected. We removed extruded egg clutches, ovaries, and the hepatopancreas. These, along with the remainder of the body, were each dried separately for 72 h at 70°C and weighed to the nearest 0.01 mg. Some of the crabs sampled were gravid, while others were in the process of producing eggs (vitellogenic), but had not yet completed this process