Potential trophic importance of the faecal material of the mangrove sesarmine crab Sesarma masse

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 159, Issue , 1997, Pages 275-284

  Lee, S Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphipod; Assimilation efficiency; Coprophagy; Mangrove leaf litter; Sesarmine crabs

Indexed keywords

DETRITIVORE; FAECAL MATERIAL; FOOD WEB; LEAF LITTER; MANGROVE; MANGROVE CRAB;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AMPHIPODA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYALIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; PARHYALELLA; RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA STYLOSA; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SCYLLA; SESARMA; SESARMA MASSE; SESARMA MESSA;

EID: 0031590563     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps159275     Document Type: Article

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