caa a22 4500 605509077 CHVBK 20210128100639.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10452-015-9503-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10452-015-9503-x Versatile hermit crabs harness multiple-source energy from coastal mudflats: implications for fish production [Elektronische Daten] [Hong Teoh, Ving Chong] The versatile hermit crabs, Diogenes moosai and Diogenes lopochir, are hypothesised to utilise multiple primary sources of energy in the coastal mudflat. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes were analysed to determine the primary sources of nutrition (mangrove, benthic microalgae and phytoplankton) and trophic contribution of mudflat hermit crabs to fish predators in Matang mangrove estuary, Peninsular Malaysia. Stable isotope analysis in R showed that benthic microalgae are the major contributor of the total carbon assimilated by diogenid hermit crabs, followed by phytoplankton and mangrove. Interestingly, hermit crabs are one of the few marine organisms that can digest and assimilate lignocellulosic carbon of the mangrove. However, the relative contribution of the primary sources is site dependent and varies along the estuarine gradient with increasing dependency on mangrove-derived carbon by hermit crabs from offshore waters to estuary. The Sciaenidae is the major group of predatory fish of hermit crabs; the implication is that the dense population of hermit crabs with their versatile feeding habits channels energy from three basal sources to support coastal fish production. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2015 Diogenes nationallicence Mangroves nationallicence Stable isotope nationallicence Primary sources nationallicence Coastal mudflat nationallicence Sciaenid fish nationallicence Teoh Hong Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut Chong Ving Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut Aquatic Ecology Springer Netherlands 49/1(2015-03-01), 43-55 1386-2588 49:1<43 2015 49 10452 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9503-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9503-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Teoh Hong Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chong Ving Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Aquatic Ecology Springer Netherlands 49/1(2015-03-01), 43-55 1386-2588 49:1<43 2015 49 10452