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Current Biology, 2018 Mark Laidre introduces the coconut crab (Birgus latro), the world's largest terrestrial invertebrate.
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The effects of a competitor on the foraging behaviour of the shore crab Carcinus maenas. [PDF]
, 2014 Optimal Diet Theory suggests that individuals make foraging decisions that maximise net energy intake. Many studies provide qualitative support for this, but factors such as digestive constraints, learning, predation-risk and competition can influence ...
Chakravarti, LJ, Cotton, PA
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Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 1998 This work characterizes the composition of Brachyura from Schizoporella unicornis. The samples were collected in 1995 at Itaguá Beach, Ubatuba (SP), at three month intervals, during all seasons from January to December. The Bryozoa colonies were obtained
Fernando L. M. Mantelatto +1 more
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New localities for Crustacea Decapoda in the Magellan region, southern South America
Scientia Marina, 1999 We report the occurrence of Lithodes turkayi (Anomura), Libidoclaea granaria, and C. edwardsii (Brachyura), in the Beagle Channel. This observation extends their range of distribution south of the previously reported limit of the Straits of Magellan ...
Julio H. Vinuesa +2 more
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Ecologies, 2022 This study analyzed field and acclimatized (7 days) mangrove Ucides cordatus crabs from polluted and unpolluted environments to compare their HSP70 levels. The animals were cryo-anesthetized and dissected.
Priscila Ortega, Hector Aguilar Vitorino
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Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2001 Whole body oxygen consumption and some hemolymph parameters such as pH, partial pressure of gases, level of ions and lactate were measured in the estuarine crab Chasmagnathus granulata after both acute (96 h) and chronic (2 weeks) exposure to cadmium at ...
E.M. Rodríguez +8 more
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Climate Change and Intertidal Wetlands
Biology, 2013 Intertidal wetlands are recognised for the provision of a range of valued ecosystem services. The two major categories of intertidal wetlands discussed in this contribution are saltmarshes and mangrove forests. Intertidal wetlands are under threat from a
Pauline M. Ross, Paul Adam
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Catching crabs: a case study in local-scale English conservation [PDF]
, 2014 Wells-next-the-Sea and Cromer in Norfolk (England) both rely upon their local crab populations, since crabbing (gillying) is a major part of their tourist industry.
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 Nanhaipotamon hongkongense (Shen, 1940) is a tropical freshwater crab currently considered endemic to Hong Kong. The species is more widely distributed in Hong Kong than previously published photographic records from Guangdong Province require further ...
David John Stanton +2 more
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Crab Species-Specific Excavation and Architecture of Burrows in Restored Mangrove Habitat
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 Burrowing crabs are considered to be ecosystem engineers, playing a vital role in mangrove ecosystems through bio-geochemical transformation. This process depends on the size and shape of burrows.
Wah Wah Min +2 more
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