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      Effects of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana) on meiofauna of estuarine intertidal habitats of Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil

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          This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the burrowing crab Chasmagnathus granulata on meiofauna at three intertidal habitats across a tidal exposure gradient (i.e., an emerged salt marsh, an emerged mudflat and a submerged mudflat) in an estuarine embayment of Patos Lagoon, Southern Brazil. Meiofauna community was dominated by nematodes and ostracods, following by copepods and turbellarians. Densities of all studied organisms varied significantly among habitats. Highest values were observed in submerged mudflat while lower in salt marsh. Nematodes were unaffected by crab in either habitat, whereas ostracod, copepod and turbellarian densities were significantly lower in disturbed than control areas in both mudflat habitats. Any meiofaunal group was affected in salt marsh, probably due to a less intense disturbance. The results showed that the burrowing crab C. granulata could play an important role on meiofauna community structure in estuarine intertidal habitats of Patos Lagoon, because crab disturbance seemed to affect mainly surface populations, especially in mudflat. However, the meiofauna response to crab disturbance was variable among habitats depending of the intensity and the frequency of the disturbance.

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          Este trabalho avalia os efeitos do caranguejo Chasmagnathus granulata sobre a meiofauna em três ambientes intermareais, durante um prolongado período de exposição (uma marisma emersa, um plano de lama emerso e outro submerso), numa enseada estuarina da Lagoa dos Patos. Nematódeos e ostrácodes foram os organismos dominantes, seguidos por copépodes e turbelários. As densidades dos organismos variam significativamente entre os hábitats. As maiores densidades foram registradas no plano de lama submerso e as menores na marisma. Os nematódeos não foram afetados pelo caranguejo em nenhum hábitat. As densidades dos ostrácodes, copépodes e turbelários foram significativamente menores nos sedimentos perturbados do que nas áreas controles de ambos os planos de lama. Nenhum efeito foi observado na marisma, provavelmente devido a uma menor intensidade de perturbação. Os resultados obtidos mostram que o caranguejo C. granulata pode ter importante papel sobre a estrutura da meiofauna em ambientes intermareais do estuário da Lagoa dos Patos. No entanto, a perturbação causada por este caranguejo parece afetar essencialmente organismos superficiais e, em especial nos planos de lama. Adicionalmente, a resposta da meiofauna à perturbação variou entre os hábitats, dependendo da intensidade e freqüência da perturbação.

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                Journal
                babt
                Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
                Braz. arch. biol. technol.
                Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar (Curitiba )
                1678-4324
                March 2005
                : 48
                : 2
                : 267-274
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Brazil
                Article
                S1516-89132005000200014
                10.1590/S1516-89132005000200014
                c77bc017-af5e-4d1d-abb3-ece686a09dba

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Self URI (journal page): http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_serial&pid=1516-8913&lng=en
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                BIOLOGY

                General life sciences
                Burrowing crab,Chasmagnathus granulata,meiofauna,disturbance,natural experiment,Southern Brazil

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