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Mangrove Crab Ucides cordatus Removal Does Not Affect Sediment Parameters and Stipule Production in a One Year Experiment in Northern Brazil

Mangrove crabs influence ecosystem processes through bioturbation and/or litter feeding. In Brazilian mangroves, the abundant and commercially important crab Ucides cordatus is the main faunal modifier of microtopography establishing up to 2 m deep burrows. They process more than 70% of the leaf lit...

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Autores principales: Pülmanns, Nathalie, Mehlig, Ulf, Nordhaus, Inga, Saint-Paul, Ulrich, Diele, Karen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131973/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27907093
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167375