Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)

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Autor(a) principal: De Grande, Fernando R. [UNESP]
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Colpo, Karine D., Queiroga, Henrique, Cannicci, Stefano, Costa, Tania M. [UNESP]
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy030
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/164494
Resumo: Fiddler crabs are known as ecosystem engineers as well as important connectors of energy flow between the intertidal zone and the adjacent marine and terrestrial environments, being predated by both marine and terrestrial species. Studies on their activity patterns are critical to understand their overall role in the function of estuarine ecosystems. Recent studies have found that fiddler crabs, which are active at low tide, are the main food item of fishes hunting at high tide in the intertidal zone, suggesting that some species could also be active at high tide. We assessed the activity patterns of two fiddler crabs, Leptuca leptodactyla (Rathbun, 1898) and L. thayeri (Rathbun, 1900) using pitfall traps deployed at different diurnal and tidal conditions at two southeast Brazilian estuaries. Our data shows that L. leptodactyla was mostly active at low tide during both day and night, whereas L. thayeri was active at low and high tide, a behavior uncommonly reported for fiddler crabs. Our results also confirm that some fiddler crabs can have a previously unreported importance as food for aquatic predators.
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spelling Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)fish predationLeptuca leptodactylaLeptuca thayeriunderwater activityFiddler crabs are known as ecosystem engineers as well as important connectors of energy flow between the intertidal zone and the adjacent marine and terrestrial environments, being predated by both marine and terrestrial species. Studies on their activity patterns are critical to understand their overall role in the function of estuarine ecosystems. Recent studies have found that fiddler crabs, which are active at low tide, are the main food item of fishes hunting at high tide in the intertidal zone, suggesting that some species could also be active at high tide. We assessed the activity patterns of two fiddler crabs, Leptuca leptodactyla (Rathbun, 1898) and L. thayeri (Rathbun, 1900) using pitfall traps deployed at different diurnal and tidal conditions at two southeast Brazilian estuaries. Our data shows that L. leptodactyla was mostly active at low tide during both day and night, whereas L. thayeri was active at low and high tide, a behavior uncommonly reported for fiddler crabs. Our results also confirm that some fiddler crabs can have a previously unreported importance as food for aquatic predators.Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)Univ Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Inst Biociencias, Lab Ecol & Comportamento Anim, Campus Litoral Paulista, BR-11330900 Sao Vicente, SP, BrazilUniv Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Inst Biociencias, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Zool, BR-18618689 Botucatu, SP, BrazilUNLP, CONICET, Inst Limnol Dr Raul A Ringuelet, Boulevar 120 & 60, La Plata, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaUniv Aveiro, Ctr Environm & Marine Studies CESAM, Campus Univ Santiago, P-3810193 Aveiro, PortugalUniv Aveiro, Dept Biol, Campus Univ Santiago, P-3810193 Aveiro, PortugalUniv Hong Kong, Swire Inst Marine Sci, Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaUniv Hong Kong, Sch Biol Sci, Pokfulam Rd, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R ChinaUniv Firenze, Dipartimenio Biol, Via Madonna Piano 6, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, ItalyUniv Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Inst Biociencias, Lab Ecol & Comportamento Anim, Campus Litoral Paulista, BR-11330900 Sao Vicente, SP, BrazilUniv Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho UN, Inst Biociencias, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Zool, BR-18618689 Botucatu, SP, BrazilFAPESP: 2010/09763-9-TMCFAPESP: SC 2016/08687-3Oxford Univ PressUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)UNLPUniv AveiroUniv Hong KongUniv FirenzeDe Grande, Fernando R. [UNESP]Colpo, Karine D.Queiroga, HenriqueCannicci, StefanoCosta, Tania M. [UNESP]2018-11-26T17:54:46Z2018-11-26T17:54:46Z2018-07-01info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article407-412http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy030Journal Of Crustacean Biology. Oxford: Oxford Univ Press, v. 38, n. 4, p. 407-412, 2018.0278-0372http://hdl.handle.net/11449/16449410.1093/jcbiol/ruy030WOS:000440953500003Web of Sciencereponame:Repositório Institucional da UNESPinstname:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)instacron:UNESPengJournal Of Crustacean Biology0,445info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2021-10-23T16:30:30Zoai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/164494Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttp://repositorio.unesp.br/oai/requestopendoar:29462024-08-05T20:57:33.331453Repositório Institucional da UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
title Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
spellingShingle Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
De Grande, Fernando R. [UNESP]
fish predation
Leptuca leptodactyla
Leptuca thayeri
underwater activity
title_short Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
title_full Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
title_fullStr Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
title_full_unstemmed Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
title_sort Contrasting activity patterns at high and low tide in two Brazilian fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae)
author De Grande, Fernando R. [UNESP]
author_facet De Grande, Fernando R. [UNESP]
Colpo, Karine D.
Queiroga, Henrique
Cannicci, Stefano
Costa, Tania M. [UNESP]
author_role author
author2 Colpo, Karine D.
Queiroga, Henrique
Cannicci, Stefano
Costa, Tania M. [UNESP]
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
UNLP
Univ Aveiro
Univ Hong Kong
Univ Firenze
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv De Grande, Fernando R. [UNESP]
Colpo, Karine D.
Queiroga, Henrique
Cannicci, Stefano
Costa, Tania M. [UNESP]
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv fish predation
Leptuca leptodactyla
Leptuca thayeri
underwater activity
topic fish predation
Leptuca leptodactyla
Leptuca thayeri
underwater activity
description Fiddler crabs are known as ecosystem engineers as well as important connectors of energy flow between the intertidal zone and the adjacent marine and terrestrial environments, being predated by both marine and terrestrial species. Studies on their activity patterns are critical to understand their overall role in the function of estuarine ecosystems. Recent studies have found that fiddler crabs, which are active at low tide, are the main food item of fishes hunting at high tide in the intertidal zone, suggesting that some species could also be active at high tide. We assessed the activity patterns of two fiddler crabs, Leptuca leptodactyla (Rathbun, 1898) and L. thayeri (Rathbun, 1900) using pitfall traps deployed at different diurnal and tidal conditions at two southeast Brazilian estuaries. Our data shows that L. leptodactyla was mostly active at low tide during both day and night, whereas L. thayeri was active at low and high tide, a behavior uncommonly reported for fiddler crabs. Our results also confirm that some fiddler crabs can have a previously unreported importance as food for aquatic predators.
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