The assimilation experiment was conducted using four types of diet: isopods (CRU), algae (ALG), pulverized fish food (PFF), and particulate organic matter (POM). The crabs' routine metabolism and postprandial oxygen consumption – or specific dynamic action SDA – were measured using Clark-type...
Several species of ecosystem engineers inhabiting coastal environments have been reported structuring different kinds of communities. The magnitude of this influence often depends on the habitat complexity introduced by the engineers. It is commonly accepted that an increase in habitat complexity will result...
Diez (CENPAT) for assisting us with the taxonomic identification of amphipods, tanaids, isopods and polychaetes, respectively. We thank Y. Idaszkin for helping us with the field work and A. Pickart for her invaluable willingness to review the text in order to improve the English. The ...