Caught in transition: changes in brachyuran diversity following mangrove encroachment into saltmarshes at a southern distribution limit
Chaitanya Katharoyan,
Anusha Rajkaran,
Nasreen Peer
Abstract:Mangroves are expanding polewards due to global change, often encroaching into adjacent temperate saltmarshes. In both vegetated ecosystems, brachyurans are responsible for ecological processes and functions such as nutrient cycling and sediment bioturbation. South African mangroves occur at a latitudinal limit and are establishing further south due to past planting events and global change, making these ideal study systems for the effects of mangrove expansion and encroachment. Here, we investigated the effec… Show more
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