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Burrowing crabs reshaping salt marshes, with climate change to blame – EurekAlert
Given higher sea levels and softer soil in the wake of a shifting climate, Sesarma crabs, which have already decimated salt marshes in the Northeast, are now rising to prominence in southeastern marshes, a new study finds.
IMAGE: A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to dramatically alter salt marsh ecosystems across the southeastern U.S.
The study, published in Proceedings of the…
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Credit: Christine Angelini
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