The influence of crab burrows on sediment salinity in a Rhizophora-dominated mangrove forest in North Brazil during the dry season

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 803, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 295-305

  Pestana, Debora Ferreira ^a   Pülmanns, Nathalie ^a   Nordhaus, Inga ^a   Diele, Karen ^b,c   Zimmer, Martin ^a,d,e  

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

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c St Abbs Marine Station   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^e IUCN SSC Mangrove Specialist Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mangrove; Rhizophora mangle; Sediment salinity; Ucides cordatus

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BURROW; BURROWING ORGANISM; CRAB; DENSITY; DRY SEASON; FINE ROOT; MANGROVE; SALINITY; SEDIMENT;

BRAZIL;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RHIZOPHORA; RHIZOPHORA MANGLE; UCIDES CORDATUS;

EID: 85023194233     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-017-3282-4     Document Type: Article

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