Ecology Summary - Alveopora japonica

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Ecology of Alveopora japonica

Main Ref.	Ministry of the environment and Japanese coral reef society (ed.), 2004
Remarks	Found only in shallow, partly wave washed rocky foreshores, among algae and soft corals (Ref. 848).

Aquatic zones / Water bodies

	Marine - Neritic	Marine - Oceanic	Brackishwater	Freshwater
Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies	supra-littoral zone littoral zone sublittoral zone	epipelagic mesopelagic epipelagic abyssopelagic hadopelagic	estuaries/lagoons/brackish seas mangroves marshes/swamps	rivers/streams lakes/ponds caves exclusively in caves

Highighted items on the list are where Alveopora japonica may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; demersal; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Veron, J.E.N., 2000
Special habitats	Beds: algae/seaweed; Corals: soft corals
Special habitats Ref.	Veron, J.E.N., 2000

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
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