Crustaceans play an important role in marine ecosystem and worldwide fisheries. Accurate
and quantitative description of growth is crucial in modelling the demographics and fisheries …

Published with ISME, ITTO and project partners FAO, UNESCO-MAB, UNEP-WCMC and
UNU-INWEH This atlas provides the first truly global assessment of the state of the world's …

Despite their importance in sustaining livelihoods for many people living along some of the
world's most populous coastlines, tropical mangrove forests are disappearing at an alarming …

This illustrated atlas describes 256 extant brachyuran crab species in the Persian Gulf and
the Gulf of Oman. Identification keys are provided for 37 brachyuran families, 144 genera …

Assessing submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in mangroves can be challenging due
to the complex, heterogeneous nature of sediments and temporally dynamic water flows …

A total of 150 species belonging to five infraorders (Caridea, Stenopodidea, Thalassinidea,
Anomura and Brachyura) are recorded from the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. About …

Fiddler crabs occur globally across tropical and subtropical coastal habitats including
mangrove swamps, which are in decline worldwide. The genus has been well-studied in the …

Aeromonas hydrophila (A. hydrophila) as a serious bacterial disease endangering
aquaculture and the Chinese mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) industry. The present study …

Mangroves are increasingly being recognized as a major player in coastal hydrological and
biogeochemical cycles with their complex belowground structure (ie, crab burrows) …

Sex-biased genes are considered to account for most of phenotypic differences between
males and females. In order to explore the sex-biased gene expression in crab, we …