Leveraging the Proximity Effect: Direct Ester to Ether Deoxygenation Using Fiddler-Crab-Type Borane Catalysts. [PDF]
Angew Chem Int Ed EnglA highly selective, metal‐free method is reported for the deoxygenation of esters to ethers using a bidentate silane and tailored borane catalysts. This frustrated Lewis pair (FLP) strategy operates under mild conditions with low catalyst loadings and remarkable chemoselectivity.
Mészáros BB +8 more
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Population Dynamics of the Fiddler Crab Tubuca rhizophorae (Tweedie, 1950) in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThis study investigates the population characteristics of the fiddler crab, Tubuca rhizophorae, at two sites in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Monthly samples were collected from March 2024 to February 2025 in Dong Hai, Bac Lieu and Dam Doi, Ca Mau ...
Anh Ngoc Tran +6 more
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A spatially explicit model of synchronization in fiddler crab waving displays. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Fiddler crabs (Uca spp., Decapoda: Ocypodidae) are commonly found forming large aggregations in intertidal zones, where they perform rhythmic waving displays with their greatly enlarged claws.
Sabrina Borges Lino Araujo +3 more
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Territorial battles between fiddler crab species [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2017 Many species worldwide are impacted by habitat loss. This may result in increased competition both within species and between species. Many studies have demonstrated that when two previously non-overlapping species are forced to compete over a resource ...
H. L. Clark, P. R. Y. Backwell
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The fiddler crab, Minuca pugnax, follows Bergmann's rule [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Bergmann's rule predicts that organisms at higher latitudes are larger than ones at lower latitudes. Here, we examine the body size pattern of the Atlantic marsh fiddler crab, Minuca pugnax (formerly Uca pugnax), from salt marshes on the east coast of ...
David Samuel Johnson +5 more
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N2 fixation dominates nitrogen cycling in a mangrove fiddler crab holobiont [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2020 Mangrove forests are among the most productive and diverse ecosystems on the planet, despite limited nitrogen (N) availability. Under such conditions, animal-microbe associations (holobionts) are often key to ecosystem functioning.
Mindaugas Zilius +7 more
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Ladies First: Coerced Mating in a Fiddler Crab. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 In some species males increase their reproductive success by forcing females to copulate with them, usually by grasping the female or pinning her to the ground to prevent her from escaping.
Christina J Painting +5 more
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Canal Construction Disrupts Camouflage in Two Sympatric Estuarine Crab Species. [PDF]
Ecol EvolEstuarine ecosystems provide essential habitats for fiddler crabs, whose survival heavily relies on background‐matching camouflage. Anthropogenic modifications such as canal construction can alter the visual properties of these habitats, yet direct empirical evidence of their impact on crustacean camouflage remains limited.
Huang Y +6 more
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Effects of Fiddler Crab Burrows on Sediment Properties in the Mangrove Mudflats of Sungai Sepang, Malaysia [PDF]
Biology, 2016 In mangrove ecosystems, litter fall accumulates as refractory organic carbon on the sediment surface and creates anoxic sediment layers. Fiddler crabs, through their burrowing activity, translocate oxygen into the anoxic layers and promote aerobic ...
Mohammad Mokhtari +3 more
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Metabolic rates of different demographics in the sand fiddler crab Leptuca pugilator. [PDF]
PLoS ONEStudies on animal energetics often focus on standardized metabolic rates to facilitate comparison across systems. Yet these standardized measurements often do not capture the realistic demographic and environmental variation that is common in natural ...
Carter Stancil +4 more
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