Impact of fiddler crabs (Uca spp.) on rates and pathways of benthic mineralization in deposited mangrove shrimp pond waste

By O. Nielsen, E. Kristensen, D. Macintosh. 2003

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology

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Mangrove crabs as ecosystem engineers; with emphasis on sediment processes (2008, background): “Kostka et al., 2002; Gribsholt et al., 2003; Nielsen et al., 2003 ).”
Effects of bioturbation by root and crab activity on iron and sulfur biogeochemistry in mangrove substrate (2007, background): “In fact, the activity of flora and fauna in coastal sedimentary environments (mangroves and salt marshes) has been suggested as one of the main factors in determining the biogeochemical conditions of soils in such areas (Nickerson and Thibodeau, 1985; Thibodeau and Nickerson, 1986; King, 1988; Madur”
Control by fiddler crabs (Uca vocans) and plant roots (Avicennia marina) on carbon, iron, and sulfur biogeochemistry in mangrove sediment (2006, background): “This is comparable to the estimate of Holmer et al. (2002) when all uncertainties in the estimates, the role of irrigating infauna, and the different growth forms of the involved plants are considered (Sorrell and Armstrong 1994; Kostka et al. 2002; Nielsen et al. 2003).”
Organic carbon dynamics in mangrove ecosystems : a review (2008, background): “Further decomposition of the remaining particulate material occurs through extracellular enzymatic hydrolysis which is mediated by aerobic and anaerobic prokaryotes and marine mycelial decomposers such as eumycotes (fungi) and oomycotes (protoctista) (Newell, 1996).”
Faunal impact on vegetation structure and ecosystem function in mangrove forests: A review (2008, background): “These small, but very abundant crabs are now considered ecosystem engineers, able to change the particle size distribution and to enhance soil aeration and mangrove primary production (Nielsen et al., 2003a,b; Kristensen and Alongi, 2006; Kristensen, 2008).”