1·They want to know whether the crabs will invade and leave, or permanently colonize the shallow areas.
他们希望了解蟹类是否会在入侵后离开，或者是永久地在这片浅水区域殖民。
2·Sea stars, crabs, shrimp and worms live in the limbs of these corals as birds and insects do in the branches of trees in a rainforest.
其他诸如海星、蟹类、虾类以及蠕虫等也像雨林中的鸟类和昆虫栖息在树木的枝叶间一样生活在这些珊瑚的枝杈间。
3·They can reach impressive lengths of 16 feet (4.8 meters) on a diet of other sharks, rays, squids, crabs, and occasionally seals.
它们主要以其他鲨鱼，鳐鱼，乌贼，蟹类为食，有时也捕猎海豹，体长可以达到相当可观的16英尺(4.8米)。
4·Finding crabs on the bottom of the ocean isn't that big a deal.
在大洋底部发现蟹类并不是什么大事。
5·"If you look at the warming trends on the peninsula, you would expect that the crabs would come back in 40 or 50 years," Aronson said from his office in Melbourne, Fla.
“如果你观察半岛的变暖倾向，你就会预计蟹类将在40或50年内回来，”Aronson在他佛罗里达驻墨尔本的办公室里说。