Neoichnological Framework of Coastal Habitat Shifts Represented by Bahamian Decapod Burrows

Authors

Ilya Val Buynevich, Temple University
Karen Kopcznski, Temple University
Christopher Sparacio, University of Connecticut - Storrs
H. Allen Curran, Smith CollegeFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2023

Publication Title

Modern Research in World Science, Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific and Practical Conference

Abstract

In coastal settings, the cumulative spatial and temporal impacts of burrowing, ichnofabric formation, and biodeposition by large crustaceans have been largely neglected at zoogeomorphic scales. These traces also serve as important (paleo-)environmental and (paleo)hydrologic indicators, both vertical (tidal or groundwater level) and lateral (areal wetland or basin extent). To date, 354 only few studies have addressed the comparative value of decapod ichnites generated by land crabs in carbonate settings. The aim of this paper is to introduce a general conceptual framework for burrows created by three crab species in the Bahama Archipelago, using examples from San Salvador Island.

First Page

353

Last Page

357

Comments

Archived as published.

Recommended Citation

Buynevich, I.V., Kopcznski, K., Sparacio, C. A., and Curran, H.A., 2023. Neoichnological framework of coastal habitat shifts represented by Bahamian decapod burrows. Modern Research in World Science, Proceedings of the 12th International Scientific and Practical Conference. SPC Publishing, Lviv, Ukraine, 353-357.