Litter processing and population food intake of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus in a high intertidal forest in northern Brazil

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 67, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 239-250

  Nordhaus, Inga ^a   Wolff, Matthias ^a   Diele, Karen ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Feeding periodicity; Food consumption; Gastric evacuation; Litter production; Mangrove crab; North Brazil; Ucides cordatus

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FOOD INTAKE; MANGROVE; PERIODICITY;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; SCYLLA; SESARMIDAE; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 32444451368     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.11.022     Document Type: Article

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