Biological knowledge combined with innovative engineering to reduce power plant impingement of horseshoe crabs

Claire Crowley-McIntyre; Berlynna Heres; H. Jane Brockmann; Ryan Gandy; Lisa Gregg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0322119

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Biological knowledge combined with innovative engineering to reduce power plant impingement of horseshoe crabs

Claire Crowley-McIntyre ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Crowley-McIntyre, Berlynna Heres, H. Jane Brockmann, Ryan Gandy, Lisa Gregg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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Berlynna Heres ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Crowley-McIntyre, Berlynna Heres, H. Jane Brockmann, Ryan Gandy, Lisa Gregg

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: BerlynnaH@gmail.com

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1319-7020

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H. Jane Brockmann ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Crowley-McIntyre, Berlynna Heres, H. Jane Brockmann, Ryan Gandy, Lisa Gregg

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Ryan Gandy ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Crowley-McIntyre, Berlynna Heres, H. Jane Brockmann, Ryan Gandy, Lisa Gregg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sarasota Bay Estuary Program, Sarasota, Florida, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9576-506X

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Lisa Gregg

Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Crowley-McIntyre, Berlynna Heres, H. Jane Brockmann, Ryan Gandy, Lisa Gregg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, St. Petersburg, Florida, United States of America
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Biological knowledge combined with innovative engineering to reduce power plant impingement of horseshoe crabs

Claire Crowley-McIntyre,
Berlynna Heres,
H. Jane Brockmann,
Ryan Gandy,
Lisa Gregg

Published: May 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322119

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