Mangrove crab: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
add sources
Line 1: Line 1:
[[File:Mangrove crab Quepos.JPG|thumb|300px|right|{{center|Mangrove crab}}]]
[[File:Mangrove crab Quepos.JPG|thumb|300px|right|{{center|Mangrove crab}}]]


'''Mangrove crabs''' are [[crab]]s that live among [[mangrove]]s,{{where|date=May 2017}} and may belong to many different [[species]] and even [[family (biology)|families]]. They have been shown to be [[ecology|ecologically]] significant in many ways. They keep much of the energy within the [[forest]] by burying and consuming [[leaf litter]]. Along with burrowing in the ground, these crustaceans can climb trees to protect themselves. The hermit crab and the mangrove crab are the only crustaceans that can climb trees as a defense mechanism. Furthermore, their [[feces]] may form the basis of a [[coprophagous]] food chain contributing to mangrove secondary production.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=S. Y. Lee |year=1997 |title=Potential trophic importance of the faecal material of the mangrove crab ''Sesarma messa'' |journal=[[Marine Ecology Progress Series]] |volume=159 |pages=275–284 |url=http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/159/m159p275.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |doi=10.3354/meps159275}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |author=David Paul Gillikin, Sammy De Grave & Jurgen F. Tack |year=2001 |title=The occurrence of the semi-terrestrial shrimp ''Merguia oligodon'' (De Man, 1888) in ''Neosarmatium smithi'' H. Milne Edwards, 1853 burrows in Kenyan mangroves |journal=[[Crustaceana]] |volume=74 |issue=5 |pages=505–508 |url=http://www.madeinnys.com/mangrove/pdfs/Gillikin_et_al_2001_crustaceana.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |doi=10.1163/156854001750243081}}</ref>
'''Mangrove crabs''' are [[crab]]s that live among [[mangrove]]s,{{where|date=May 2017}} and may belong to many different [[species]] and even [[family (biology)|families]]. They have been shown to be [[ecology|ecologically]] significant in many ways. They keep much of the energy within the [[forest]] by burying and consuming [[leaf litter]].<ref name="Tomascik1997">{{cite book|author=Tomas Tomascik|title=The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Kc80Hd2HagC&pg=PP356|year=1997|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-850186-2|pages=356–}}</ref><ref name="LacerdaLinneweber2002">{{cite book|author1=Luiz Drude de Lacerda|author2=Volker Linneweber|title=Mangrove Ecosystems: Function and Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nv5NMO1gOs0C&pg=PA97|date=26 March 2002|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-540-42208-2|pages=97–}}</ref> Along with burrowing in the ground,<ref name="MakowskiFinkl2018">{{cite book|author1=Christopher Makowski|author2=Charles W. Finkl|title=Threats to Mangrove Forests: Hazards, Vulnerability, and Management|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqZWDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA546|date=20 April 2018|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-319-73016-5|pages=546–}}</ref> at high tide and in the face of predators these crustaceans can climb trees to protect themselves.<ref name="NgCorlett2011">{{cite book|author1=Peter K. L. Ng|author2=Richard Corlett|author3=Hugh T. W. Tan|title=Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D1oW0EquxDAC&pg=PA454|year=2011|publisher=Editions Didier Millet|isbn=978-981-4260-08-4|pages=454–}}</ref> The hermit crab and the mangrove crab are the only crustaceans that can climb trees as a defense mechanism.<ref name="Kricher2015">{{cite book|author=John Kricher|title=A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. Illustrated by Andrea S. LeJeune|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b2sZBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA242|date=18 February 2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-6691-5|pages=242–}}</ref> Furthermore, their [[feces]] may form the basis of a [[coprophagous]] food chain contributing to mangrove secondary production.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=S. Y. Lee |year=1997 |title=Potential trophic importance of the faecal material of the mangrove crab ''Sesarma messa'' |journal=[[Marine Ecology Progress Series]] |volume=159 |pages=275–284 |url=http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/159/m159p275.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |doi=10.3354/meps159275}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |author=David Paul Gillikin, Sammy De Grave & Jurgen F. Tack |year=2001 |title=The occurrence of the semi-terrestrial shrimp ''Merguia oligodon'' (De Man, 1888) in ''Neosarmatium smithi'' H. Milne Edwards, 1853 burrows in Kenyan mangroves |journal=[[Crustaceana]] |volume=74 |issue=5 |pages=505–508 |url=http://www.madeinnys.com/mangrove/pdfs/Gillikin_et_al_2001_crustaceana.pdf |format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]] |doi=10.1163/156854001750243081}}</ref>


Mangrove [[crustacean larvae|crab larvae]] are the major source of food for [[juvenile fish]] inhabiting the adjacent waterways, indicating that crabs also help nearshore [[fishery|fisheries]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=A. I. Robertson, D. M. Alongi & K. G. Boto |year=1992 |chapter=Food chains and carbon fluxes |editor1=A. I. Robertson |editor2=Daniel M. Alongi |title=Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems |series=Coastal and Estuarine Studies No. 41 |publisher=[[American Geophysical Union]] |location=Washington, DC |pages=293–326 |isbn=0-87590-255-3}}</ref> The adult crabs are food for threatened species such as the [[crab plover]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=J. Seys |author2=G. Moragwa |author3=P. Boera |author4=M. Ngoa |year=1995 |title=Distribution and abundance of birds in tidal creeks and estuaries of the Kenyan coast between the Sabaki river and Gazi Bay |journal=[[Scopus (journal)|Scopus]] |volume=19 |pages=47–60}}</ref>
Mangrove [[crustacean larvae|crab larvae]] are the major source of food for [[juvenile fish]] inhabiting the adjacent waterways, indicating that crabs also help nearshore [[fishery|fisheries]].<ref>{{Cite book |author=A. I. Robertson, D. M. Alongi & K. G. Boto |year=1992 |chapter=Food chains and carbon fluxes |editor1=A. I. Robertson |editor2=Daniel M. Alongi |title=Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems |series=Coastal and Estuarine Studies No. 41 |publisher=[[American Geophysical Union]] |location=Washington, DC |pages=293–326 |isbn=0-87590-255-3}}</ref> The adult crabs are food for threatened species such as the [[crab plover]].<ref>{{Cite journal |author1=J. Seys |author2=G. Moragwa |author3=P. Boera |author4=M. Ngoa |year=1995 |title=Distribution and abundance of birds in tidal creeks and estuaries of the Kenyan coast between the Sabaki river and Gazi Bay |journal=[[Scopus (journal)|Scopus]] |volume=19 |pages=47–60}}</ref>
Line 22: Line 22:
*[https://archive.is/20060903125159/http://www.biol.andrews.edu/EVERGLADES/organisms/Invertebrates/marine_inverts/Arthropoda/crabs/Spotted%20Mangrove%20Crab/spotted_mangrove_index.htm Spotted Mangrove Crab (Caribbean and Florida)]
*[https://archive.is/20060903125159/http://www.biol.andrews.edu/EVERGLADES/organisms/Invertebrates/marine_inverts/Arthropoda/crabs/Spotted%20Mangrove%20Crab/spotted_mangrove_index.htm Spotted Mangrove Crab (Caribbean and Florida)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061230195749/http://www.tracc.org.my/Borneocoast/mangroves/MANG_SHRIMP_AND_CRABS.html Mangrove Crab Aquaculture]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061230195749/http://www.tracc.org.my/Borneocoast/mangroves/MANG_SHRIMP_AND_CRABS.html Mangrove Crab Aquaculture]
* [http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay01/hmcrab.html Red Mangrove-tree Crab]
* [http://www.mangrovecrabs.com/ East African mangrove crabs]
* [http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/wetlands/text/97-4-2-2.htm Mangrove crabs at Sungei Buloh Nature Park]
* [http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/wetlands/text/97-4-2-2.htm Mangrove crabs at Sungei Buloh Nature Park]
* [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17547097 Mangrove crab ''Ucides cordatus'' (Brazil)]
* [http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=17547097 Mangrove crab ''Ucides cordatus'' (Brazil)]

Revision as of 07:12, 22 June 2018

Mangrove crab

Mangrove crabs are crabs that live among mangroves,[where?] and may belong to many different species and even families. They have been shown to be ecologically significant in many ways. They keep much of the energy within the forest by burying and consuming leaf litter.[1][2] Along with burrowing in the ground,[3] at high tide and in the face of predators these crustaceans can climb trees to protect themselves.[4] The hermit crab and the mangrove crab are the only crustaceans that can climb trees as a defense mechanism.[5] Furthermore, their feces may form the basis of a coprophagous food chain contributing to mangrove secondary production.[6][7]

Mangrove crab larvae are the major source of food for juvenile fish inhabiting the adjacent waterways, indicating that crabs also help nearshore fisheries.[8] The adult crabs are food for threatened species such as the crab plover.[9]

Their burrows alter the topography and sediment grain size of the mangrove,[10] and help aerate the sediment.[11] Removing crabs from an area causes significant increases in sulfides and ammonium concentrations, which in turn affects the productivity and reproductive output of the vegetation, supporting the hypothesis that mangrove crabs are a keystone species.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ Tomas Tomascik (1997). The Ecology of the Indonesian Seas. Oxford University Press. pp. 356–. ISBN 978-0-19-850186-2.
  2. ^ Luiz Drude de Lacerda; Volker Linneweber (26 March 2002). Mangrove Ecosystems: Function and Management. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 97–. ISBN 978-3-540-42208-2.
  3. ^ Christopher Makowski; Charles W. Finkl (20 April 2018). Threats to Mangrove Forests: Hazards, Vulnerability, and Management. Springer. pp. 546–. ISBN 978-3-319-73016-5.
  4. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Richard Corlett; Hugh T. W. Tan (2011). Singapore Biodiversity: An Encyclopedia of the Natural Environment and Sustainable Development. Editions Didier Millet. pp. 454–. ISBN 978-981-4260-08-4.
  5. ^ John Kricher (18 February 2015). A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals, Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics. Illustrated by Andrea S. LeJeune. Princeton University Press. pp. 242–. ISBN 978-1-4008-6691-5.
  6. ^ S. Y. Lee (1997). "Potential trophic importance of the faecal material of the mangrove crab Sesarma messa" (PDF). Marine Ecology Progress Series. 159: 275–284. doi:10.3354/meps159275.
  7. ^ David Paul Gillikin, Sammy De Grave & Jurgen F. Tack (2001). "The occurrence of the semi-terrestrial shrimp Merguia oligodon (De Man, 1888) in Neosarmatium smithi H. Milne Edwards, 1853 burrows in Kenyan mangroves" (PDF). Crustaceana. 74 (5): 505–508. doi:10.1163/156854001750243081.
  8. ^ A. I. Robertson, D. M. Alongi & K. G. Boto (1992). "Food chains and carbon fluxes". In A. I. Robertson; Daniel M. Alongi (eds.). Tropical Mangrove Ecosystems. Coastal and Estuarine Studies No. 41. Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union. pp. 293–326. ISBN 0-87590-255-3.
  9. ^ J. Seys; G. Moragwa; P. Boera; M. Ngoa (1995). "Distribution and abundance of birds in tidal creeks and estuaries of the Kenyan coast between the Sabaki river and Gazi Bay". Scopus. 19: 47–60.
  10. ^ Janice H. Warren; A. J. Underwood (1986). "Effects of burrowing crabs on the topography of mangrove swamps in New South Wales". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 102 (2–3): 223–236. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(86)90178-4. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |lastauthoramp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ Peter V. Ridd (1996). "Flow through animal burrows in mangrove creeks". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 43 (5): 617–625. doi:10.1006/ecss.1996.0091.
  12. ^ Thomas J. Smith, III, Kevin G. Boto, Stewart D. Frusher & Raymond L. Giddins (1991). "Keystone species and mangrove forest dynamics: the influence of burrowing by crabs on soil nutrient status and forest productivity". Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 33 (5): 419–432. doi:10.1016/0272-7714(91)90081-L.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

External links

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mangrove_crab&oldid=847003407"