Trampling Impacts on Intertidal Ecosystems

Human trampling on tidal flats can cause significant stress to benthic animals, disrupting their natural behaviors and habitats. Our research investigates the ecological and behavioral impacts of trampling on fiddler crabs and ghost crabs, which play vital roles in intertidal ecosystems.

Our main research topics include:

• Effects of trampling on intertidal animals

• Trampling impacts on ghost crabs

• Assessment of trampling impacts on endangered fiddler crabs

• Influence of trampling on the reproductive rhythms of fiddler crabs

• Trampling and surface activity patterns in crabs