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The influence of leaf-burying crabs on energy flow and export from mangrove...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Comparisons of leaf turnover by crabs (Sesarma messa) and microbes were carried out at Chunda Bay. Yellowing leaves of Rhizophora stylosa, which were about to fall, were... -
Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of Grapsid crabs in the...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Pitfall traps were used to sample crab populations at five sites along a 17km reach of the Murray River, Queensland in May 1987. Sites were located along a gradient in salinity... -
Processing of mangrove litter by crabs in north Queensland
Australian Institute of Marine Science
A site near Ingham (LA) and two sites near Townsville (LB and LC) in north Queensland, were chosen for a study of mangrove litter dynamics, between November 1986 and November... -
Mangrove fish, zooplankton and forest epifauna at Dickson Inlet, Port...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Three areas in Dickson Inlet were sampled intensively in the wet season (16-18 March 1989) and the dry season (24-27 October 1989) during daylight hours. The first area (FRONT)... -
Consumption of mangrove litter by the crabs Sesarma messa and Sesarma...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Leaf characteristics, which may be relevant to food preferences, were determined using 10 senescent leaves from each of the species to be used in experiments (Avicennia marina,... -
Survival, moulting and reproduction of the mangrove crab, Sesarma messa from...
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Adults of the mangrove crab, Sesarma messa were captured using pit traps in a mid-intertidal Ceriops tagal stand located at Cape Ferguson, near Townsville. The crabs and... -
Distribution of mangrove sesarmid crabs in northern Queensland
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Pitfall traps were used to capture crabs in seven locations along the east coast of Queensland (Escape River, Claudie River, Morgan River, Endeavour River, Murray River,...
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