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Response of Ocypode quadrata to storm waves on an urbanized sandy beach [PDF]
Ocean and Coastal Research, 2021 Extreme climate events cause major disturbances to the fauna of sandy beaches. For abiotic-controlled species, storm waves play a significant role in controlling populations.
Leonardo Q Yokoyama
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Burrowing behavior and burrowing energetics of a bioindicator under human disturbance
Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Bioindicator species are extensively used for rapid assessment of ecological changes. Their use commonly focuses on changes in population abundance and individual sizes in response to environmental change.
Mustafa R. Gül, Blaine D. Griffen
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Urbanization driving Ocypode quadrata burrow density, depth, and width across Caribbean beaches
Ecological Indicators, 2023 Globally, sandy beaches support local economies and are the most commonly-used type of coastline. This importance is perhaps most striking in the Caribbean; however, no study has assessed the morphological features of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) sandy
Kaliegh Schlender +4 more
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Vertical distribution by demographic groups of ghost crab Ocypode quadrata (Crustacea: Brachyura)
Biologia (Poland), 2014 The ghost crab Ocypode quadrata plays an important role in energy transfer between trophic levels, and has been widely used in evaluations of impacted environments. In order to provide data on the biology of this potential bioindicator species, the population structure and vertical distribution of individuals were studied on two beaches in southeastern
Rogerio C Costa +2 more
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Hemolymph supply to locomotor muscles of the ghost crab Ocypode quadrata [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021 ABSTRACT Ghost crabs are the fastest and most aerobically fit of the land crabs. The exceptional locomotory capacity of these invertebrate athletes seemingly depends upon effective coupling between the cardiovascular system and skeletal muscles, but how these systems are integrated has not been well defined.
Siyuan Yang +3 more
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Natural diet of Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Northern Coast of São Paulo, Brazil [PDF]
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 2019 Decapod crustaceans have a wide variety of feeding habits, alternating among herbivory, predation, saprophagy, and filtration. The occupation of various trophic positions in the food web is a key feature in the evolution of the group.
Tassia Turini Gomes +3 more
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Autotomy-induced effects on the locomotor performance of the ghost crabOcypode quadrata [PDF]
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021 ABSTRACTThe voluntary amputation of an appendage, or autotomy, is an effective defensive mechanism that allows an animal to escape aggressive interactions. However, animals may suffer long-term costs that can reduce their overall fitness. Atlantic ghost crabs (Ocypode quadrata) are one of the fastest terrestrial invertebrates, and regularly lose one or
Janne A. Pfeiffenberger, S. Tonia Hsieh
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Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 47, Issue 2, June 2023., 2023 We used location data from GPS‐collared red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) to examine spatial responses of foxes to predator exclosure setup and hatching at piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nests. We compared the mean distances between red fox locations and piping plover nests, and the proportions of red fox locations within a 100‐m buffer around these nests,
Kathleen M. Black +6 more
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Piping plover chick ecology following landscape‐level disturbance
The Journal of Wildlife Management, Volume 87, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023 The study of all life stages following substantial landscape disturbing events, such as Hurricane Sandy, is useful to understand how to manage for population persistence. Plover chick habitat selection is affected by vegetation, slope, elevation and density. Maintaining direct access to relatively flat, moist habitats with low vegetation density around
Samantha G. Robinson +7 more
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, 2021 Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) Fig. 16 A, B Cancer quadratus Fabricius, 1787: 315 [type-locality: Jamaica]. Ocypode rhombea Weber, 1795: 92. Ocypode rhombea Fabricius, 1798: 348 [type-locality: unknown]. Ocypode albicans Bosc, 1802: 196 [type-locality: La Caroline]. Ocypode albicans Latreille, 1802: 48.— Rathbun, 1918: 367, pls. 127, 128. Monolepis
Parasram, Nadeshinie +2 more
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