To assess and analyse accurately their geographical distributions, fiddler crabs (Uca) from
the Atlantic coast of Brazil were studied using field collections, museum specimens and …

The installation of shrimp and salt ponds has contributed to the devastation of several
mangroves worldwide. In semiarid regions, where few mangroves are able to cope with the …

Mangrove forests are important sinks of atmospheric carbon, and the internal deposits and
fluxes of organic matter can reflect how these ecosystems respond to disturbances and …

In tropical regions, different species of fiddler crabs coexist on the mangrove floor, which
sometimes makes it difficult to define species-specific habitat by visual inspection. The aim …

Abstract This study in French Guiana evaluates the changes of crab assemblages and their
bioturbation activities between mangrove early stages (pioneer and young mangrove) and …

Northeast (NE) Brazil has a semi-arid climate and low plant diversity mangroves confined to
estuaries influenced by a meso-tidal regime (∼ 2.5 m). Whilst these mangroves are …

Abstract Dimitri Theuerkauff, Georgina A. Rivera-Ingraham, Jonathan AC Roques, Laurence
Azzopardi, Marine Bertini, Mathilde Lejeune, Emilie Farcy, Jehan-Hervé Lignot, and Elliott …

Background The spatial distribution of mangrove crabs has been commonly associated with
tree zonation and abiotic factors such as ground temperature and soil granulometry …

Abstract Fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815) occupy most tropical and
semitropical coastlines worldwide where they are keystone species and ecosystem …

Sediment characteristics, especially grain size, are usually considered the most important
variables affecting Uca distribution, mainly due to its close relationship with mouth …