Ghost crabs are the largest invertebrates on ocean shores. They are globally abundant on
many sandy beaches from the tropics to temperate latitudes. A defining ecological trait of the …

Sandy beaches comprise one of the most important coastal resources worldwide, providing
habitats to threatened vertebrates, supporting underappreciated invertebrate biodiversity …

This chapter uses a literature review to advance our understanding of the biogeochemical
functioning of mangrove wetlands and to elucidate biogeographic differences. We identify …

Ghost crabs have been widely used as a bio-indicator species of human impacts on sandy
beaches to obtain reliable biological data for management and conservation purposes …

In the United States, raccoons Procyon lotor are often removed from sea turtle nesting
beaches to decrease egg mortality. However, raccoons also consume ghost crabs Ocypode …

Human pressures on coastlines are increasing globally, particularly on urban beaches
where maintenance of sand budgets and erosion control are the main focus of current …

Three sympatric species of mud lobsters are spatially distributed along the mangrove shore
of Langat estuary, occurring in combinations of Thalassina anomala with either Thalassina …

Most ecological studies require knowledge of animal abundance, but it can be challenging
and destructive of habitat to obtain accurate density estimates for cryptic species, such as …

Mud crab, Scylla serrata, is a common mangrove species in the Indian Ocean. Over the last
decades, fishing pressure has greatly increased especially in Madagascar. Therefore …

The tufted ghost crab Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) found in the Mediterranean Sea and
the Atlantic Ocean is currently a great example that elucidates concerns within scientific and …