Primary producers sustaining macro-invertebrate communities in intertidal mangrove forests

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 441-448

  Bouillon, S ^a   Koedam, N ^a   Raman, A V ^b   Dehairs, F ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Carbon; Intertidal foodwebs; Sediment; Trophic relations

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; FOOD WEB; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MANGROVE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

ALGAE; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; INVERTEBRATA; ONCHIDIUM SP.;

EID: 0036927507     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100814     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Alongi DM (1994) Zonation and seasonality of benthic primary production and community respiration in tropical mangrove forests. Oecologia 98:320-327
2. Blanco JF, Cantera JR (1999) The vertical distribution of mangrove gastropods and environmental factors relative to tide level at Buenaventura Bay, Pacific coast of Colombia. Bull Mar Sci 65:617-630
3. 13C variations in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem. Isot Environ Health Stud 36:273-284
4. Bouillon S, Chandra Mohan P, Sreenivas N, Dehairs F (2000) Sources of suspended matter and selective feeding by zooplankton in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem, as traced by stable isotopes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 208:79-92
5. Bouillon S, Raman AV, Dauby P, Dehairs F (2001) Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of subtidal benthic invertebrates in an estuarine mangrove ecosystem (Andhra Pradesh, India). Estuar Coast Shelf Sci (in press)
6. Bunn SE, Loneragan NR, Kempster MA (1995) Effects of acid washing samples on stable isotope ratios of C and N in penaeid shrimps and seagrass: Implications for food web studies using stable isotopes. Limnol Oceanogr 40:622-625
7. Camilleri JC (1992) Leaf-litter processing by invertebrates in a mangrove forest in Queensland. Mar Biol 114:139-145
8. Clough BF (1992) Primary productivity and growth of mangrove forests. In: Robertson AI, Alongi DM (eds) Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems. Coastal and Estuarine Studies 41. American Geophysical Union, Washington, pp 225-249
9. Conway NM, Kennicutt II MC, Van Dover CL (1994) Stable isotopes in the study of marine chemosynthetic-based ecosystems. In: Lathja K, Michener RH (eds) Stable Isotopes in Ecological and Environmental Science. Blackwell, New York, pp 158-186
10. Couch CA (1989) Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes of meiobenthos and their food resources. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 28: 433-441
11. Créach V, Schrike MT, Bertru G, Mariotti A (1997) Stable isotopes and gut content analyses to determine feeding relationships in saltmarsh macroconsumers. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 44:599-611
12. Currin CA, Newell SY, Paerl HW (1995) The role of standing dead Spartina alterniflora and benthic microalgae in salt marsh food webs: Considerations based on multiple stable isotope analysis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 121:99-116
13. Dahdouh-Guebas F, Giuggioli M, Oluoch A, Vannini M, Cannicci S (1999) Feeding habits of non-ocypodid crabs from two mangrove forests in Kenya. Bull Mar Sci 64:291-297
14. Dehairs F, Rao RG, Chandra Mohan P, Raman V, Marguillier S, Hellings L (2000) Tracing mangrove carbon in suspended matter and aquatic fauna of the Gautami-Godavari Delta, Bay of Bengal (India). Hydrobiologia 431:225-241
15. DeNiro MJ, Epstein S (1978) Influence of diet on the distribution of carbon isotopes in animals. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 42: 495-506
16. Dittel AI, Epifiano CE, Cifuentes LA, Kirchman DL (1997) Carbon and nitrogen sources for shrimp postlarvae fed natural diets from a tropical mangrove system. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 45:629-637
17. Dye AH, Lasiak TA (1986) Microbenthos, meiobenthos and fiddler crabs: Trophic interactions in a tropical mangrove sediment. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 32:259-267
18. Dye AH, Lasiak TA (1987) Assimilation efficiencies of fiddler crabs and deposit-feeding gastropods from tropical mangrove sediments. Comp Biochem Physiol 87A:341-344
19. Fisher CR (1990) Chemoautotrophic and methanotrophic symbioses in marine invertebrates. Rev Aquat Sci 2:399-436
20. France RL (1995) Stable isotopic survey of the role of macrophytes in the carbon flow of aquatic foodwebs. Vegetatio 124:67-72
21. France R (1998) Estimation the assimilation of mangrove detritus by fiddler crabs in Laguna Joyuda, Puerto Rico, using dual stable isotopes. J Trop Ecol 14:413-425
22. Hemminga MA, Slim FJ, Kazungu J, Ganssen GM, Nieuwenhuize J, Kruyt NM (1994) Carbon outwelling from a mangrove forest with adjacent seagrass beds and coral reefs (Gazi Bay, Kenya). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 106:291-301
23. Hill BJ (1979) Aspects of the feeding strategy of the predatory crab Scylla serrata. Mar Biol 55:209-214
24. Jones DA (1984) Crabs of the mangal ecosystem. In: Por FD, Dor I (eds) Hydrobiology of the Mangal. Junk, The Hague, pp 89-109
25. - by plants. Plant Physiol 66:51-56
26. Kwok PW, Lee SY (1995) The growth performance of two mangrove crabs, Chiromanthes bidens and Parasesarma plicata under different leaf litter diets. Hydrobiologia 295:141-148
27. Lallier-Verges E, Perrussel BP, Disnar J-R, Baltzer F (1998) Relationships between environmental conditions and the diagenetic evolution of organic matter derived from higher plants in a modern mangrove swamp system (Guadeloupe, French West Indies). Org Geochem 29:1663-1686
28. Lee SY (1995) Mangrove outwelling: A review. Hydrobiologia 295:203-212
29. Lee SY (1997) Potential trophic importance of the faecal material of the mangrove sesarmine crab Sesarma messa. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 159:275-284
30. Lee SY (1998) Ecological role of grapsid crabs in mangrove ecosystems: A review. Mar Freshw Res 49:335-343
31. Lee SY (1999) Tropical mangrove ecology: Physical and biotic factors influencing ecosystem structure and function. Aust J Ecol 24:355-366
32. Lee SY (2000) Carbon dynamics of Deep Bay, eastern Pearl River estuary, China. II. Trophic relationship based on carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 205:1-10
33. Loneragan NR, Bunn SE, Kellaway DM (1997) Are mangroves and seagrasses sources of organic carbon for penaeid prawns in a tropical Australian estuary? A multiple stable-isotope study. Mar Biol 130:289-300
34. Machiwa J (1999) Fate of Organic Carbon in a Tropical Mangrove Ecosystem. Doctoral thesis, Stockholm University
35. Manjulatha C, Babu DE (1991) Functional organisation of mouth parts, and filter feeding, in Clibanarius longitarsus (Crustacea: Anomura). Mar Biol 109:121-127
36. 15N. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 151:115-121
37. 15N abundance measurements. Nature 303:685-687
38. Micheli F (1993) Feeding ecology of mangrove crabs in North Eastern Australia: Mangrove litter consumption by Sesarma messa and Sesarma smithii. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 171:165-186
39. Micheli F, Gherardi F, Vannini M (1991) Feeding and burrowing ecology of two east African mangrove crabs. Mar Biol 111: 247-254
40. Middelburg JJ, Nieuwenhuize J, Lubberts RK, van de Plassche O (1997) Organic carbon isotope systematics of coastal marshes. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 45:681-687
41. 15N and animal age. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 48:1135-1140
42. Newell RIE, Marshall N, Sasekumar A, Chong VC (1995) Relative importance of benthic microalgae, phytoplankton, and mangroves as sources of nutrition for penaeid prawns and other coastal invertebrates from Malaysia. Mar Biol 123:595-606
43. 15N in the marine environment. Adv Mar Biol 24:389-451
44. Page HM (1997) Importance of vascular plant and algal production to macro-invertebrate consumers in a southern California salt marsh. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 45:823-834
45. Plaziat JC (1984) Mollusk distribution in the mangal. In: Por FD, Dor I (eds) Hydrobiology of the Mangal. Junk, The Hague
46. Rao RG, Woitchik AF, Goeyens L, van Riet A, Kazungu J, Dehairs F (1994) Carbon, nitrogen contents and stable isotope abundance in mangrove leaves from an east African coastal lagoon (Kenya). Aquat Bot 47:175-162
47. Reid DG (1986a) The Littorinid Mollusks of Mangrove Forests in the Indo-Pacific Region. The Genus Littoraria. British Museum, London
48. Reid DG (1986b) Intense predation by crabs on mangrove Littorinids. Am Malac Bull 4:112
49. Riera P, Stal LJ, Nieuwenhuize J, Richard P, Blanchard G, Gentil F (1999) Determination of food sources for benthic invertebrates in a salt marsh (Aiguillon Bay, France) by carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes: Importance of locally produced sources. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 187:301-307
50. Robertson AI, Alongi DM, Boto KG (1992) Food chains and carbon fluxes. In: Robertson AI, Alongi DM (eds) Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems. Coastal and Estuarine Studies 41. American Geophysical Union, Washington, pp 293-326
51. Rodelli MR, Gearing JN, Gearing PJ, Marshall N, Sasekumar A (1984) Stable isotope ratios as a tracer of mangrove carbon in Malaysian ecosystems. Oecologia 61:326-333
52. Sasekumar A (1974) Distribution of macrofauna on a Malayan mangrove shore. J Anim Ecol 43:51-69
53. Sasekumar A, Ong TL, Thong KL (1984) Predation of mangrove fauna by marine fishes. Proceedings As Symposium on the Mangrove Environment - Reserve Management. University of Malaya and UNESCO, Kuala Lumpur, pp 378-384
54. 15N of insects on raspberry (Rubus idaeus L.). Isot Environ Health Stud 31:107-115
55. Sheaves M, Molony B (2000) Short-circuit in the mangrove food chain. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 199:97-109
56. Sheridan RP (1991) Epicaulous, nitrogen-fixing microepiphytes in a tropical mangal community, Guadeloupe, French West Indies. Biotropica 23:530-541
57. Slim FJ, Hemminga MA, Ochieng C, Jannick NT, Cocheret de la Morinière E, van der Velde G (1997) Leaf litter removal by the snail Terebralia palustris (Linneaus) and sesarmid crabs in an East African mangrove forest (Gazi Bay, Kenya). J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 215:35-48
58. Steinke TD, Rajh A, Holland AJ (1993) The feeding behaviour of the red mangrove crab Sesarma meinerti de Man, 1887 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) and its effect on the degradation of mangrove leaf litter. S Afr J Mar Sci 13:151-160
59. Stoner AW, Zimmerman RJ (1988) Food pathways associated with penaeid shrimps in a mangrove-fringed estuary. Fish Bull 86: 543-551
60. Sullivan MJ, Moncreiff CA (1990) Edaphic algae are an important component of salt marsh food webs: Evidence from multiple stable isotope analysis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 62:149-159
61. Twilley RR, Chen RH, Hargis T (1992) Carbon sinks in mangrove forests and their implications to the carbon budget of tropical coastal ecosystems. Water Air Soil Pollut 64:265-288
62. Twilley RR, Poro M, Garcia VH, Rivera-Monroy VH, Zambrano R, Bodero A (1997) Litter dynamics in riverine mangrove forests in the Guayas River Estuary, Ecuador. Oecologia 111: 109-122
63. Wainright SC, Weinstein MP, Able KW, Currin CA (2000) Relative importance of benthic microalgae, phytoplankton and the detritus of smooth cordgrass Spartina alterniflora and the common reed Phragmites australis to brackish-marsh food webs. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 200:77-91
64. Wells FE (1984) Comparative distribution of macromolluscs and macrocrustaceans in a North-western Australian mangrove system. Aust J Mar Freshw Res 35:591-596
65. Williams MJ (1978) Opening of bivalve shells by the mud crab Scylla serrata Forskål. Aust J Mar Freshw Res 29:699-702
66. Wilson KA (1989) Ecology of mangrove crabs: Predation, physical factors and refuges. Bull Mar Sci 44:263-273
67. Yipp MW (1980) The distribution of ground-dwelling gastropods in a small mangrove stand in Hong Kong. In: Morton BS, Tseng CK (eds) Proceedings of the First International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong, pp 705-721
68. Ziegler H, Luttge U (1998) Carbon isotope discrimination in cyanobacteria of rocks of inselbergs and soils of savannas in the neotropics. Bot Acta 111:212-215