Energy budget and ecological role of mangrove epibenthos in the Caeté estuary, North Brazil

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 228, Issue , 2002, Pages 119-130

  Koch, Volker ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^a  

^a Center for Coastal Studies   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Assimilation; Energy budget; Energy flow; Fiddler crabs; Mangrove benthos; Production; Uca; Ucides

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRAB; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY FLOW; EPIFAUNA; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; MANGROVE;

BRAZIL; CAETE ESTUARY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EURYTIUM; EURYTIUM LIMOSUM; GASTROPODA; HALOPHILA; OCYPODIDAE; PACHYGRAPSUS GRACILIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; STRAMONITA RUSTICA; THAIS; THAIS CORONATA; UCA; UCA CUMULANTA; UCA MARACOANI; UCA RAPAX; UCA VOCATOR; UCIDES; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 0037029146     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps228119     Document Type: Article

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