Mangroves are woody plants that grow at the interface between land and sea in tropical and
sub-tropical latitudes where they exist in conditions of high salinity, extreme tides, strong …

Mangroves are defined by the presence of trees that mainly occur in the intertidal zone,
between land and sea, in the (sub) tropics. The intertidal zone is characterised by highly …

Our current knowledge on production, composition, transport, pathways and transformations
of organic carbon in tropical mangrove environments is reviewed and discussed. Organic …

The benthic fauna in mangrove forests is usually dominated by burrowing sesarmid
(Grapsidae) and fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae). They are herbivores that retain, bury, macerate …

Coastal Ecosystem Processes, written by the renowned marine scientist Daniel Alongi,
describes how pelagic and benthic food webs, from beaches and tidal flats to the continental …

Recent research on Indo–Pacific mangroves has confirmed the significant role played by
grapsid crabs in the structure and function of these ecosystems. Through the feeding …

Mangrove sediments from three different mangrove ecosystems (Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
in the Godavari Delta, Andhra Pradesh, India, and Galle and Pambala, south-west Sri …

In contrast to the large number of studies on the trophic significance of mangrove primary
production to the aquatic foodweb, there have been few attempts to provide an overview of …

In 2011 humans caught and consumed 78.9 million tonnes of fish, crustaceans, molluscs
and other species groups from the world's oceans, accounting for 16.6% of the world's …

This study provides the first quantification of the population food intake of the litter-
consuming mangrove crab Ucides cordatus (Ocypodidae, L. 1763) in a New World …