I plan to monitor crab abundance and diversity in mangrove forests on the Bay Islands of Roatan and Honduras. Which are the most abundant mangrove crab families/species in this part of the Caribbean? What are prominent differences in families/species? And can they be easily observed by untrained eye?
@ Rachel: Thank you a lot, I couldn't find any research work published on this topic yet! I heard of your and your colleagues work in Panama in the last years, and already have been in email contact with Dr. Ivania Ceron-Souza some months ago! Thanks for your helpful answer!
Verena, I concur with Rachel's response and would add that I also captured 2 xanthid taxa in mangrove forests on overwash isles on the Belize Barrier Reef - Eurytium limosum and 1 of the Panopeus herbstii complex. Ucides cordatus was also relatively common.
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