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Feeding specialization and activity in certain mangrove crabs

, 1994
Giuggioli, Maddalena, Dahdouh-Guebas, Farid, Cannicci, Stefano   +2 more
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Effects of Pinglu Canal Construction on Camouflage in Two Sesarmid Crab Species. [PDF]

Biology (Basel)
Zhai B, Lai F, Lu S, Deng X, Li W, Yang L, Deng C, Wu Z, Huang Y, Wang H, Liao Y, Bu R.   +11 more
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Potential implications of rising sea level on American Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus) spawning beaches in two Florida counties. [PDF]

PLoS One
Contrada D, Crowley-McIntyre C, Heres B.
europepmc   +1 more source

Mangrove Crabs as Ecosystem Engineers; With Emphasis on Sediment Processes

Journal of Sea Research, 2008
The benthic fauna in mangrove forests is usually dominated by burrowing sesarmid (Grapsidae) and fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae). They are herbivores that retain, bury, macerate and ingest litter and microalgal mats. Most species within these two groups actively dig and maintain burrows in the sediment as a refuge from predation and environmental extremes ...
Erik Kristensen
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Potent Cellulase Activity in the Hepatopancreas of Mangrove Crabs

Fisheries Science, 2012
Mangrove crabs play a crucial role in the carbon cycle in forests by consuming large amounts of mangrove litter, which is mainly composed of cellulose. However, the detailed mechanism of cellulose digestion remains to be elucidated. We tested endogenous hepatopancreatic cellulase activity in eight species of crabs, including three mangrove sesarmid ...
Kohsuke Adachi, Katsuji Morioka, Prasert Tongnunui   +2 more
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Foraging on mangrove pneumatophores by ocypodid crabs

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 1989
Abstract Seven species of ocypodid crabs living in mangrove swamps of Halmahera, Indonesia, were found to forage on pneumatophores of Sonneratia alba as well as on the substratum. The proportion of pneumatophore-foraging individuals among active crabs was highest in Macrophthalmus quadratus .
Keiji Wada, Daisy Wowor
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Herbivory and predation by the mangrove tree crab Aratus pisonii

Oecologia, 1979
The mangrove tree crab (Aratus pisonii) is a key member of the arboreal arthropod community of the red mangrove (Rhizophora mangle) swamps of south Florida. Its ecological roles include primary herbivory, predation, and export of biomass and energy in the form of offspring and frass.
James W, Beever, Daniel, Simberloff, Linda L, King   +2 more
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Visual Orientation of Postlarval and Juvenile Mangrove Crabs

Journal of Crustacean Biology, 1995
ABSTRACT Visually directed movements of juveniles of the mangrove crabs Aratus pisonii and Chlorodiella longimana and postlarvae (megalopae) of A. pisonii to black horizontal rectangles subtending visual angles from 5-350° were measured in a circular arena.
Humberto Diaz, Beatriz Orihuela, Richard B. Forward   +2 more
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Geographic trends in mangrove crab abundance in East Africa

Wetlands Ecology and Management, 2002
The aim of this work was to determine the abundance of crabs inmangrove communities along a latitudinal gradient along the eastern coastof Africa from 4°S to 32°S. Surveys were made atMombasa (Kenya), Zanzibar (Tanzania), Maputo (Mozambique) and in theTranskei (South Africa).
R. G. HARTNOLL, CANNICCI, STEFANO, W. D. EMMERSON, FRATINI, SARA, A. MACIA, Y. MGAYA, F. PORRI, R. K. RUWA, J. P. SHUNULA, M. W. SKOV, VANNINI, MARCO   +10 more
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