Intraspecific facilitation of the recruitment of a burrowing mangrove crab species along an environmental gradient

The exploited mangrove crab Ucides cordatus, an important ecosystem engineer in South American mangroves, has a biphasic lifecycle with pelagic larvae developing offshore. Megalopae return to the mangrove forest to settle, i.e., metamorphose into benthic juveniles but its environmental drivers rema...

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Main Authors: Anders Jensen Schmidt, Karen Diele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo 2024-04-01
Series:Ocean and Coastal Research
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Online Access:https://www.journals.usp.br/ocr/article/view/222880
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