The crabs in each sampling unit wer

the crabs in each sampling unit were collected by digging the sampling are at to the water table until they are caught and picking them by hand. the number of crabs that belong to different species were recorded and indentified up to species level using the taxonomic keys of tirmizi et al. 1986
soil samples were collected from each sampling plot and the environmental parameters,.soil temperature was measured by inserting a glass mercury thermometer into the soil after making a hole with a wire and soil salinity was measured by a salinity refractometer (a tago model) and soil ph was measured using a portable soil ph meter (hach-sension model. ). water required for salinity measurements were collected by squeezing soil samples through a syringe.soilorganic carbon content was measured following the method described by walkly and black 1934
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The crabs in each sampling unit were collected by digging the sampling are at to the water table until they are caught and picking them by hand. The number of crabs that belong to different species were recorded and indentified up to species level using the taxonomic keys of Tirmizi et al. 1986
Soil samples were collected from each sampling plot and the environmental parameters, namely soil moister content, soil temperature soil salinity, soil pH and soil organic carbon content were measured. The soil moister content was measured by oven drying a know weight of a soil sample at 105 C to a constant weight. Soil temperature was measured by inserting a glass mercury thermometer into the soil after making a hole with a wire and soil salinity was measured by a salinity refractometer (A TAGO model) and soil pH was measured using a portable soil pH meter (Hach-Sension model). Water required for salinity measurements were collected by squeezing soil samples through a syringe. Soilorganic carbon content was measured following the method described by Walkly and Black 1934

In each sampling unit The crabs were collected by digging at the sampling are to the water table and picking them until they are caught by hand. The number that belong to different species of crabs were recorded and indentified up to species level using the taxonomic keys of Tirmizi et al, 1986
Soil samples were collected from each sampling plot and the environmental parameters,namely soil moister content, soil temperature soil salinity, soil organic carbon content and soil pH were measured. The soil moister content was measured by drying oven know a weight of a soil sample to a constant weight at 105 C.Soil temperature was measured by inserting a glass mercury thermometer into the soil after making a hole with a wire and soil salinity was measured by a refractometer salinity (A TAGO model), and soil pH pH soil was measured using a portable meter (Hach - Sension model). Water salinity measurements required for soil samples were collected by squeezing through a syringe.Soilorganic carbon content was measured following the method described by Walkly Black and 1934