By Michelle Collier, RCDD. Fiber optic cable provides a low loss medium for high-speed communications. While. the continuous fiber cable itself is low loss, terminations at each access point provide a. potential Achilles heel. The biggest cause of signal loss across fiber optic connectors is. contamination.
The blue crab's scientific name, Callinectes sapidus, is from Latin and Greek: calli, beautiful; nectes, swimmer; and sapidus, savory-beautiful, savory swimmer. Like insects, blue crabs have stalked compound eyes and can see in almost every direction at once.
Blue crabs are both predator and prey in the benthic and planktonic food webs. of the Chesapeake Bay . In their post-larval and juvenile stages crabs provide food. for eel, drum, spot, Atlantic croaker, striped bass, sea trout and catfish.