Ecology Summary - Macrobrachium nipponense

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Ecology of Macrobrachium nipponense

Main Ref.	De Grave, S. and A. Ghane, 2006
Remarks	Can live at a range of salinities from brackish to entirely freshwater, and can immediately adapt into the transition in three generations (Ref. 115281). Detritivore (Ref. 115295).

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 Macrobrachium nipponense may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.	De Grave, S. and A. Ghane, 2006
Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Wu, J.P., Y.T. Guan, Y. Zhang, X.J. Luo, H. Zhi, S.J. Chen and B.X. Mai, 2011
Feeding habit
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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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