Thermal sensitivity of the crab Neosarmatium africanum in tropical and temperate mangroves on the east coast of Africa

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 803, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 251-263

  Fusi, Marco ^a   Babbini, Simone ^b   Giomi, Folco ^c   Fratini, Sara ^b   Dahdouh Guebas, Farid ^d,e   Daffonchio, Daniele ^a   McQuaid, Christopher David ^f   Porri, Francesca ^f,g   Cannicci, Stefano ^b,h  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decapods; Haemolymph; Oxygen consumption; Physiology; Populations; Sesarmidae; Tropical and temperate wetlands

Indexed keywords

COAST; CRAB; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; MANGROVE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMOREGULATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WETLAND;

AFRICA;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); NEOSARMATIUM; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SESARMIDAE;

EID: 85014669161     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3151-1     Document Type: Article

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