These straps are used to bind the batim to one's arm/hand (Tefillin shel Yad) and to one's head (Tefillin shel Rosh) in obedience to Deuteronomy 6:8 (And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes).
Given that a single mangrove area can produce as much as four tons of detritus per year, the mud crab's work as a decomposer is a primary part of the detritus-based food ecology that supports fisheries populations.
Home Â» Decomposer. Definition. noun, plural: decomposers. (ecology) An organism whose ecological function involves the recycling of nutrients by performing the natural process of decomposition as it feeds on dead or decaying organisms. Supplement. Examples of decomposers are fungi and bacteria that obtain their nutrients from dead plant or animal material.