Trophic ecophysiology of the native green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, and the invasive Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, in the rocky intertidal of Helgoland (North Sea)

Trophic ecophysiology of the native green shore crab, Carcinus maenas, and the invasive Asian shore crab, Hemigrapsus sanguineus, in the rocky intertidal of Helgoland (North Sea)

The brachyuran crabs Carcinus maenas and Hemigrapsus sanguineus belong to the most ´successful´ invaders along the oceans coasts. In 2009, H. sanguineus appeared at the rocky intertidal of the island of Helgoland in the North Sea, where it encounters the native Green shore crab, C. maenas. H. sangui...

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Main Authors: Reinhard Saborowski, Patrick Bartolin, Marie Koch, Simon Jungblut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
invasive species
food competition
herbivory
carnivory
gastric mill
digestive enzymes
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1247263/full

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