Burrowing And Bioturation By Fiddler Crabs In The Florida Keys PDF Download
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Author | : Joel W. Caruso |
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Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Fiddler crabs |
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Author | : Gwendolyn A. Murphy |
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Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Animal burrowing |
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Download Habitat Preferences of Gulf Coast Fiddler Crabs and Responses of Plant and Soil Characteristics to Their Burrowing Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Positive rather than negative species interactions dominate in stressful environments like tidal marshes. Fiddler crabs have been shown to ameliorate environmental stress and increase primary productivity through their burrowing behavior. Most notably, bioturbation may facilitate growth of tidal marsh plants by altering soil oxygen concentration, decomposition rates, and soil drainage. In turn, plants provide protection from the elements, refuge from predators and roots provide structural support for burrows in soft substrate. However, dense vegetation may limit the fiddler crab's ability to maneuver on the surface and burrow. Similarly, there may be a threshold where fiddler crab activity becomes destructive to plant growth instead of facilitative. Relatively few fiddler crab and plant interaction studies have been conducted on the Gulf Coast compared to Atlantic Coast. Gulf Coast tidal marshes have distinct climate, dominant vegetation zones and dominant fiddler crab species, and consequently it is likely that community dynamics will differ from Atlantic Coast tidal marshes. To explore interactions between Gulf Coast fiddler crabs and tidal marsh plants, I conducted a seasonal fiddler crab habitat survey and a fiddler crab enclosure study. Both studies were conducted at Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi, across four dominant tidal marsh vegetation zones (salt marsh, brackish marsh, fresh marsh and salt panne). Fiddler crab burrows and associated vegetation were randomly surveyed across the vegetation zones to determine fiddler crab burrow density and habitat preferences. Fiddler crab enclosures were established across the four vegetation zones. Enclosures provided a method to test impacts of fiddler crab burrowing on soil and plant parameters as well as to survey fiddler crab populations. Results of the habitat survey indicated that fiddler crabs utilized all four vegetation zones, but burrow density was statistically higher in the fresh marsh during winter compared to other zones. These results suggest that the fresh marsh may be important habitat for overwintering Gulf Coast fiddler crabs. Additionally, the fresh marsh was found to host higher fiddler crab species diversity and a more balanced sex ratio compared to other zones. The enclosure study established that fiddler crab activity had negligible impacts on plant growth in the salt and fresh marsh yet influenced plant growth in the brackish marsh (positively) and salt panne (negatively). The brackish marsh and salt panne are habitats of intermediate environmental stress for plants and fiddler crabs. Brackish marsh is more frequently inundated than the salt panne and hence bioturbation is likely to be more beneficial in the brackish marsh. Furthermore, brackish marsh below-ground structure is substantial and fiddler crab burrow density was low relative to the salt panne. My work indicates that vegetation abundance and fiddler crab burrow density may balance environmental stresses in tidal marshes and influence nature of fiddler crab and plant interactions.
Author | : Adrianna K. Grow |
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Total Pages | : 42 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Biogeochemistry |
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Download Fiddler Crab Burrowing and Oil Polution Alter Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Salt Marsh Soil Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Total Pages | : 490 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Geology |
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Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Dissertations, Academic |
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Download Bibliography and Index of Graduate Theses and Dissertations on Florida Geology Through 1991 Including Selected Abstracts Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Frank Truesdale |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2020-08-26 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 1000162524 |
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The papers in this volume take several forms, from strict chronologies to detailed historical analyses. Topics covered include: towards the history of pre-Linnean carcinology in Brazil; the beginning of Portugese carcinology; from Oviedo to Rathbun; the development of brachturan crab tascononry in the Neotropics (1535-1937); studies on decapod crustaceans of the Pacific Coast of the United States and Canada; women's contributions to carcinology; reflections on crab research in North America since 1758; carcinology in classical Japanese work.
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Total Pages | : 1504 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Geology |
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Author | : Michael J. Kennish |
Publisher | : CRC Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2019-07-23 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1351080040 |
Download Ecology of Estuaries Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The objective of this book is to review the physical and chemical characteristics of estuaries. The volume has been designed principally as a reference for scientists, but administers, managers, decision makers, and other professionals involved in some way with estuarine research can find value in the text.
Author | : Jocelyn Crane |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 766 |
Release | : 2015-03-08 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1400867932 |
Download Fiddler Crabs of the World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Jocelyn Crane presents a survey of the members of the genus Uca, with special reference to their morphology, social behavior, and evolution. Her account is firmly based on numerous field studies along the world's warmer shores and on comparative work in laboratories and museums. Originally published in 1975. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Total Pages | : 704 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Marine biology |
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