Are fiddler crabs potentially useful ecosystem engineers in mangrove wastewater wetlands?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1694-1703

  Penha Lopes, Gil ^a,b   Bartolini, Fabrizio ^c   Limbu, Samwel ^d   Cannicci, Stefano ^c   Kristensen, Erik ^e   Paula, José ^a  

^a Centra de Oceanografia   (Portugal)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Ecosystem engineer; Fiddler crabs; Mangroves; Sewage; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; MANGROVE TREE; MESOCOSMS; VEGETATION CONDITION;

ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH RISKS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; SEAWATER EFFECTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

SEWAGE;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOACTIVITY; BIOTURBATION; BURROW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRAB; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; MANGROVE; MESOCOSM; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTURBATION; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM REGENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FEMALE; MALE; MANGROVE; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; UCA ANNULIPES; UCA INVERSA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHIZOPHORACEAE; WATER POLLUTANT; WETLAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; RHIZOPHORACEAE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MALE; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WETLANDS;

EID: 70449723271     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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