Trophic position of consumers and size structure of food webs across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

AM Potapov, U Brose, S Scheu… - The American …, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Do large organisms occupy higher trophic levels? Predators are often larger than their prey
in food chains, but empirical evidence for positive body mass–trophic level scaling for entire …

Prevalence, reproduction and morphology of the parasitic isopod Athelges takanoshimensis Ishii, 1914 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) from Hong Kong hermit crabs

MJ Cericola, JD Williams - Marine Biology Research, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The bopyrid isopod Athelges takanoshimensis is a relatively common abdominal parasite of
hermit crabs from Asia. This study investigated the prevalence, reproduction, and …

Hermit crabs (Pagurus spp.) at their northernmost range: distribution, abundance and shell use in the European Arctic

P Balazy, P Kuklinski, M Włodarska-Kowalczuk… - Polar …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Hermit crabs are important components of Arctic benthic systems, yet baseline data on their
densities and distribution patterns in this rapidly changing region are still scarce. Here we …

Hermit crabs associated with catches from the eastern rock lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi) fishery along the coast of NSW, Australia

ME Miller, GW Liggins - Fisheries Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In New South Wales (NSW), Australia, the majority of the commercial catch of
eastern rock lobster (Sagmariasus verreauxi) is captured from traps fished on the mid and …

First evidence of a population of hermit crab Diogenes curvimanus (Clément, 1874)(Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae) on the Canary Islands

YP González, JML Sánchez, JJC Hernández… - Crustaceana, 2024 - brill.com
We report here for the first time the occurrence of the diogenid hermit crab species Diogenes
curvimanus from the Canary Islands, which has been recorded previously from Atlantic …

[PDF][PDF] Ecological status assessment of intertidal zone of the Persian Gulf coastal field using Gastropod biodiversity (a case study of Deylam County, Bushehr Province …

H Salehi, AR Pazira… - Advances in Environmental …, 2015 - aes.bioflux.com.ro
The aim of this study was identification and determination of diversity and density of
Gastropods of intertidal zone of coastal field of Deylam County (Bushehr Province) and …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of Juvenile Eriocheir sinensis in Controlling Pomacea canaliculata and Their Growth and Nutritional Response to Feeding on the Snail

J Wang, Y Zhang, H Lv, W Shen… - Animals: an Open …, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, Pomacea canaliculata has aggressively invaded rice fields in Asia, resulting
in significant agricultural losses. Biological control can effectively reduce the damage …

A novel approach for estimation of the natural mortality of the common whelk, Buccinum undatum (L.) and role of hermit crabs in its shell turnover

V Laptikhovsky, C Barrett, C Firmin, P Hollyman… - Fisheries …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Analysis of simultaneously occurring live molluscs and empty shells of the whelk
Buccinum undatum indicated similar abundance on the seabed making possible the …

Patterns of shell utilization by hermit crabs as a proxy of gastropod population dynamics

LI Dahlet, HH Checon, LQ Yokoyama… - Marine Biology …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Hermit crabs are known to use empty gastropod shells, which allows them to grow and avoid
predation and desiccation stress. However, shell benefits lessen with crab growth and …

Changes in the distribution of marine invertebrates in a warming Barents Sea over the last century

N Calvet - 2023 - munin.uit.no
The Barents Sea is a shelf sea in the European Arctic and is influenced by the North Atlantic
Current and the Arctic Ocean. The North Atlantic Current is composed of warmer, saline …