2019
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.12.005
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Does food partitioning vary in leaf-eating crabs in response to source quality?

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“…High leaf consumption rates result in rapid utilization of nutrients in mangrove leaves before they are exported by the tide (Nagelkerken et al, 2008). For instance, leaf-eating crabs living in mangrove forests along the semi-arid coast of Brazil consume more sediment organic matter (SOM) and omnivorous invertebrates to replenish nitrogen, in addition to feeding on mangrove leaf litter because of its high C/N ratio (Pereira et al, 2019). Several studies have shown that leaf-eating crabs supplement their nitrogen-poor diet of leaves by consuming sediment-associated bacteria, microbenthos and fungi, and animal tissues (Kristensen et al, 2010;Oakes et al, 2010;Medina-Contreras et al, 2022).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…High leaf consumption rates result in rapid utilization of nutrients in mangrove leaves before they are exported by the tide (Nagelkerken et al, 2008). For instance, leaf-eating crabs living in mangrove forests along the semi-arid coast of Brazil consume more sediment organic matter (SOM) and omnivorous invertebrates to replenish nitrogen, in addition to feeding on mangrove leaf litter because of its high C/N ratio (Pereira et al, 2019). Several studies have shown that leaf-eating crabs supplement their nitrogen-poor diet of leaves by consuming sediment-associated bacteria, microbenthos and fungi, and animal tissues (Kristensen et al, 2010;Oakes et al, 2010;Medina-Contreras et al, 2022).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Until recently, the prevailing hypothesis is that herbivorous crabs can partly meet their N requirement by occasional consumption of animal tissue, through predation or cannibalism (Thongtham et al, 2008;Nordhaus et al, 2011;Pereira et al, 2019). Additional N may be supplied by consuming the microphytobenthos (MPB), fungi, meiofauna and particular organic matter in surface sediment (Bouillon et al, 2002;Oakes et al, 2010;De Lima-Gomes et al, 2011;Tue et al, 2012;MacKenzie et al, 2020) or macroalgae on mangrove roots (Gao et al, 2018).…”
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confidence: 99%