Mangrove crabs as ecosystem engineers; with emphasis on sediment processes

By E. Kristensen. 2008

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Functionality of restored mangroves: A review (2008, background): “While mangrove associated fauna play such a significant role in the functioning of the ecosystem (Kristensen, 2007; Lee, 2007; Cannicci et al., 2008; Kristensen et al., 2008; Nagelkerken et al., 2008) and thus can be a useful indicator of the state of managed mangroves, silvicultural management more”
Faunal impact on vegetation structure and ecosystem function in mangrove forests: A review (2008, background): “Also the deposition of feeding pellets and burrowing and burrow maintenance activities probably augments the effective mixing depth, resulting in a higher growth, in terms of leaves and pneumatophores, of Avicennia marina saplings associated with fiddler crabs (Kristensen and Alongi, 2006; Kristense”
Organic carbon dynamics in mangrove ecosystems : a review (2008, background): “The resulting mixing of sediment material from different depths and the increased oxygenation around burrows results in significant local changes in the relative importance of microbial decomposition pathways (Kristensen, 2008) and enhances the reoxidation of reduced compounds (e.”
Mangrove Ecosystems: A Global Biogeographic Perspective (2017, unknown): “This role of grapsid crabs as grazers in mangrove wetlands has also been observed foraging on microalgae and bacteria (Bouillon et al. 2002a; Cannicci et al. 2008; Kristensen 2008).”
Fiddler crab burrowing affects growth and production of the white mangrove (Laguncularia racemosa) in a restored Florida coastal marsh (2009, background): “Kristensen (2008) argued that Wddler crabs are ecosystem engineers in the overall ecology of mangrove marshes (see Jones et al. 1994; Gutiérrez and Jones 2006).”
More than marine: revealing the critical importance of mangrove ecosystems for terrestrial vertebrates (2017, background): “Terrestrial vertebrates can play an important role in mangrove forests through the provision of essential ecosystem services, such as pollination of mangroves (Ashraf & Habjoka, 2013) and nutrient transfer (e.g. Kristensen, 2008; Reef et al., 2014).”