India's long coastline harbours an extensive mangrove cover, supporting rich biodiversity.
Brachyuran crabs constitute one of the most diverse invertebrate groups in the mangrove …

Malacostracans are significant in several environmental processes, making them a major
biotic component in aquatic ecosystems. An investigation on the spatio-temporal variations …

Mangrove forests provide critical services around the globe to both human populations and
the ecosystems they occupy. Mangroves have been heavily impacted by degradation and …

Checklist of Brachyuran mangrove crabs from Kerala, west coast of India has been listed in
this paper with re-validation of nomenclature since many of the crab species has been re …

The mangroves along the Kerala coast are patchy. The present study area is an isolated
mangrove patch at Puthuvype in the Cochin backwaters of Ernakulum district, Kerala. The …

Mangroves are one of the most productive, salt-tolerant, and unique ecosystems found
mostly in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The uniqueness of mangrove …

Mangroves serving as interfaces between land and sea, function as significant filtration and
interception systems for environmental microplastics (MPs). The structural complexity of …

Fishery resources of mangrove forests are very productive because they act as the natural
habitat for various species of fish, shrimps and crabs. Aayiramthengu mangrove forest, lying …