Carbon and nitrogen balance of leaf-eating sesarmid crabs (Neoepisesarma versicolor) offered different food sources

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 213-222

  Thongtham, Nalinee ^a   Kristensen, Erik ^b  

^a PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Assimilation efficiency; Carbon and nitrogen budgets; Defaecation; Ingestion; Neoepisesarma versicolor; Sesarmid crab

Indexed keywords

CARBON BALANCE; CRAB; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; NEOEPISESARMA VERSICOLOR; RHIZOPHORA APICULATA; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 25144514344     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.05.014     Document Type: Article

References (55)

1. D.M. Alongi Zonation and seasonality of benthic primary production and community respiration in tropical mangrove forests Oecologia 98 1994 320 327
2. M. Andresen, and E. Kristensen The importance of bacteria and microalgae in the diet of the deposit-feeding polychaete Arenicola marina Ophelia 56 2002 179 196
3. F.A. Armstrong, C.R. Stearns, and J.D. Strickland The measurement of upwelling and subsequent biological processes by means of the Technicon Autoanalyzer and associated equipment Deep-Sea Research 14 1967 381 389
4. R. Benner, E.R. Peele, and R.E. Hodson Microbial utilization of dissolved organic matter from leaves of the red mangrove, Rhizophora mangle, in the Fresh Creek estuary, Bahamas Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 23 1986 607 619
5. S. Bouillon, N. Koedam, A.V. Raman, and F. Dehairs Primary producers sustaining macro-invertebrate communities in intertidal mangrove forests Oecologia 130 2002 441 448
6. C.E. Bower, and T. Holm-Hansen A salicylate-hypochlorite method for determining ammonia in seawater Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 37 1980 794 798
7. M. Brunet, J. Arnaud, and J. Mazza Gut structure and digestive cellular processes in marine crustacea Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 32 1994 335 367
8. J.C. Camilleri Leaf-litter processing by invertebrates in a mangrove forest in Queensland Marine Biology 114 1992 139 145
9. F. Dahdouh-Guebas, M. Giugglioli, A. Oluoch, M. Vannini, and S. Cannicci Feeding habits of non-ocypodid crabs from two mangrove forests in Kenya Bulletin of Marine Science 64 1999 291 297
10. W.D. Emmerson, and L.E. McGwynne Feeding and assimilation of mangrove leaves by the crab Sesarma meinerti de Man in relation to leaf-litter production in Mgazana, a warm-temperate southern African, mangrove swamp Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 157 1992 41 53
11. A.A. Erickson, M. Saltis, S.S. Bell, and C.J. Dawes Herbivore feeding preferences as measured by leaf damage and stomatal ingestion: a mangrove crab example Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 289 2003 123 138
12. R. Fukuda, H. Ogawa, T. Nagata, and I. Koike Direct determination of carbon and nitrogen contents of natural bacterial assemblages in marine environments Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64 1998 3352 3358
13. A.T. Gannon, N. Arunakul, and R.P. Henry Respiratory, cardiovascular, and hemolymph acid-base changes in the amphibious crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, during immersion and emersion Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 34 2001 73 92
14. R.L. Giddins, J.S. Lucas, M.J. Neilson, and G.N. Richards Feeding ecology of the mangrove crab Neosarmatium smithii (Crustacea: Decapoda: Sesarmidae) Marine Ecology Progress Series 33 1986 147 155
15. C.A. Gifford Accumulation of uric acid in the land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi American Zoologist 8 1968 521 528
16. P. Greenaway, S. Morris, B.R. McMahon, C.A. Farrelly, and K.L. Gallagher Air breathing by the purple shore crab, Hemigrapsus nudus (Dana). 1. Morphology, behaviour, and respiratory gas exchange Physiological Zoology 69 1996 785 805
17. + in marine and freshwater Limnology and Oceanography 37 1992 1113 1118
18. P.J. Hernes, R. Benner, G.L. Cowie, M.A. Goni, B.A. Bergamaschi, and J.I. Hedges Tannin diagenesis in mangrove leaves from a tropical estuary: a novel molecular approach Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 62 2001 3109 3122
19. M. Holmer, F.Ø. Andersen, N. Holmboe, E. Kristensen, and N. Thongtham Spatial and temporal variability in benthic processes along a mangrove-seagrass transect near the Bangrong Mangrove, Thailand Wetlands Ecology and Management 9 2001 141 158
20. E. Kristensen, and R. Pilgaard The role of fecal pellet deposition by leaf-eating sesarmid crabs on mineralization processes in a mangrove sediment (Phuket, Thailand) J.Y. Aller S.A. Woodin R.C. Aller Organism-Sediment Interactions 2001 University of South Carolina Press Columbia 369 384
21. E. Kristensen, M. Holmer, G.T. Banta, M.H. Jensen, and K. Hansen Carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycling in sediments of the Ao Nam Bor mangrove forest, Phuket, Thailand: a review Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 60 1995 37 64
22. E. Kristensen, F.Ø. Andersen, and L.H. Kofoed Preliminary assessment of benthic community metabolism in a south-east Asian mangrove swamp Marine Ecology Progress Series 48 1988 137 145
23. E. Kristensen, F.Ø. Andersen, N. Holmboe, M. Holmer, and N. Thongtham Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in sediment of the Bangrong mangrove area, Phuket, Thailand Aquatic Microbial Ecology 22 2000 199 213
24. P.W. Kwok, and S.Y. Lee The growth performances of two mangrove crabs, Chiromanthes bidens and Parasesarma plicata under different leaf litter diets Hydrobiologia 295 1995 141 148
25. S.Y. Lee Potential trophic importance of the faecal material of the mangrove sesarmine crab Sesarma messa Marine Ecology Progress Series 159 1997 275 284
26. S.Y. Lee Ecological role of grapsid crabs in mangrove ecosystems: a review Marine and Freshwater Research 49 1998 335 343
27. J.S. Levinton, and T.S. Bianchi Nutrition and food limitations of deposit feeders. I. The role of microbes in the growth of mud snails (Hydrobiidae) Journal of Marine Research 39 1981 531 545
28. S.M. Linton, and P. Greenaway Urate deposits in the Gecarcinid land crab Gecarcoidea natalis are synthesized de novo from excess dietary nitrogen Journal of Experimental Biology 200 1997 2347 2354
29. S.M. Linton, and P. Greenaway The nitrogen requirements and dietary nitrogen utilisation for the gecarcinid land crab Gecarcoidea natalis Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 73 2000 209 218
30. J.F. Machiwa, and R.O. Hallberg An empirical model of the fate of organic carbon in a mangrove forest partly affected by anthropogenic activity Ecological Modelling 147 2002 69 83
31. W.J. Mattson Herbivory in relation to plant nitrogen content Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 11 1980 119 161
32. F. Micheli Effect of mangrove litter species and availability on survival moulting, and reproduction of the mangrove crab Sesarma messa Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 171 1993 149 163
33. F. Micheli Feeding ecology of mangrove crabs in North Eastern Australia: mangrove litter consumption by Sesarma messa and Sesarma smithii Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 171 1993 165 186
34. J.B. Nardi, R.I. Mackie, and J.O. Dawson Could microbial symbionts of arthropod guts contribute significantly to nitrogen fixation in terrestrial ecosystems? Journal of Insect Physiology 48 2002 751 763
35. M.J. Neilson, R.L. Giddens, and G.N. Richards Effect of tannins on the palatability of mangrove leaves to the tropical sesarmid crab Neosarmatium smithi Marine Ecology Progress Series 34 1986 185 186
36. M. Ohkuma, S. Noda, and T. Kudo Phylogenetic diversity of nitrogen fixation genes in the symbiotic microbial community in the gut of diverse termites Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65 1999 4926 4934
37. E. Ólafsson, S. Buchmayer, and M.W. Skov The East African decapod crab Neosarmatium meinerti (de Man) sweeps mangrove floors clean of leaf litter Ambio 31 2002 569 573
38. T.R. Parsons, Y. Maita, and C.M. Lalli A manual of chemical and biological methods for seawater analysis 1984 Pergamon Press Oxford 173 p.
39. C.J. Plante, P.A. Jumars, and J.A. Baross Rapid bacterial growth in the hindgut of a marine deposit feeder Microbial Ecology 18 1989 29 44
40. C.J. Plante, P.A. Jumars, and J.A. Baross Digestive associations between marine detrivores and bacteria Annual Review of Ecological Systematics 21 1990 93 127
41. S. Poovachiranon, and P. Tantichodok The role of sesarmid crabs in the mineralization of leaf litter of Rhizophora apiculata in a mangrove, southern Thailand Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin 56 1991 63 74
42. H.U. Riisgård, L. Poulsen, and P.S. Larsen Phytoplankton reduction in near-bottom water caused by filter-feeding Nereis diversicolor - implications for worm growth and population grazing impact Marine Ecology Progress Series 141 1996 47 54
43. A.L. Robertson Leaf-burying crabs: their influence on energy flow and export from mixed mangrove forests (Rhizophora spp.) in northeastern Australia Journal Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 102 1986 237 248
44. A.L. Robertson Decomposition of mangrove leaf litter in tropical Australia Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 116 1988 235 247
45. A.I. Robertson, D.M. Alongi, and K.G. Boto Food chains and carbon fluxes A.I. Robertson D.M. Alongi Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems 1992 American Geophysical Union New York 293 326
46. W.D. Russel-Hunter Aquatic Productivity: An Introduction to Some Basic Aspects of Biological Oceanography and Limnology 1970 Collier-MacMillan London, UK 306 pp.
47. K. Schmidt-Nielsen Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment 1997 Cambridge University Press 612 p.
48. M.W. Skov, and R.G. Hartnoll Paradoxical selective feeding on a low nutrient diet: why do mangrove crabs eat leaves? Oecologia 131 2002 1 7
49. T.D. Steinke, A. Rajh, and A.J. Holland The feeding behavior of the red mangrove crab Sesarma meinerti De Man, 1887. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Grapsidae) and its effect on the degradation of mangrove leaf litter South African Journal of Marine Science 13 1993 151 160
50. K.R. Tenore, S.E.G. Cammen, and N. Phillips Perspectives of research on detritus: do factors controlling the availability of detritus to macroconsumers depend on its source? Journal of Marine Research 40 1982 473 490
51. N. Thongtham, and E. Kristensen Physical and chemical characteristics of mangrove crab (Neoepisesarma versicolor) burrows in the Bangrong mangrove forest, Phuket, Thailand; with emphasis on behavioural response to changing environmental conditions Vie Milieu 53 2003 141 151
52. A.T. Trino, O.M. Millamena, and C. Keenan Commercial evaluation of monosex pond culture of the mud crab Scylla species at three stocking densities in the Philippines Aquaculture 174 1999 109 118
53. S. Van Borm, A. Buschinger, J.J. Boomsma, and J. Billen Tetraponera ants have gut symbionts related to nitrogen-fixing root-nodule bacteria Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 269 2002 2023 2027
54. N. Ward-Rainey, F.A. Rainey, and E. Stackebrandt A study of the bacterial flora associated with Holothuria atra Journal Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 203 1996 11 26
55. D.L. Wolcott, and N.J. O'Connor Herbivore in crabs - adaptations and ecological considerations American Zoologist 32 1992 370 381