Burrowing Shrimps and Seagrass Dynamics in Shallow-Water Meadows off Bolinao (New Philippines)

UNESCO-IHE PhD
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-415-48402-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 110 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

This study examines the role of small-scale disturbance by burrowing shrimps and its interaction with seagrass performance against a changing background of anthropogenically altered sediment dynamics. It establishes that the two types of burrowing shrimps redistribute considerable quantities of sediment with siginificant substrate effects on depth gradients of organic matter, grain size and nitrogen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nacorda, Hildie Maria E.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Krebstiere (Crustacea)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierethologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tierökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, Summary, Chapter 1 General introduction, Chapter 2 The distribution of burrowing shrimp disturbance in Philippine seagrass meadows, Chapter 3 Aboveground behavior of the snapping shrimp Alpheus macellarius Chace, 1988, and its significance for leaf and nutrient turnover in a Philippine seagrass meadow, Chapter 4 Burrows and behavior of the snapping shrimp Alpheus macellarius, Chace, 1988, in different seagrass substrates, Chapter 5 Growth response of the dominant seagrass Thalassia hemprichii (Ehrenberg) Ascherson to experimental shrimp disturbance, Chapter 6 General discussion and conclusions, Samenvatting, Buód (Summary in Filipino), Kabuowan (Summary in Bolinao), About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Hildie Maria E. Nacorda