Leaf litter removal by the snail Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus) and sesarmid crabs in an East African mangrove forest (Gazi Bay, Kenya)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-48

  Slim, F J ^a   Hemminga, M A ^a   Ochieng, C ^b   Jannink, N T ^a   Cocheret De La Moriniere E ^a   Van Der Velde, G ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FOREST; NONHUMAN; SNAIL; VEGETATION; WASTE;

CRAB; DETRITUS; LEAF LITTER REMOVAL; LITTER PROCESSING; MANGROVE FOREST; MANGROVE SWAMPS; SNAIL; ZOOBENTHOS;

KENYA, GAZI BAY;

CERIOPS TAGAL; DECAPODA; GASTROPODA; RHIZOPHORA MUCRONATA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SESARMA GUTTATA; TEREBRALIA PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0030619583     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00029-4     Document Type: Article

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