Ecology Summary - Rhithropanopeus harrisii

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Ecology of Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Main Ref.	Hegele-Drywa, J. and M. Normant, 2009
Remarks	Euryhaline. Prefers brackish waters, found in estuaries or quasi-freshwater lakes. Lives in muddy or sandy substrates, as well as on oyster reefs, vegetation, logs and manmade debris (Ref. 108786). Also on rubble (Ref. 97531). Omnivorous scavenger (Ref. 108786).

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 Rhithropanopeus harrisii may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Dowell, K., 2011
Special habitats	Beds: bivalve; vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	Dowell, K., 2011

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Hegele-Drywa, J. and M. Normant, 2009
Feeding habit	other
Feeding habit Ref.	Hegele-Drywa, J. and M. Normant, 2009

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	2.26	0.18			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	3.09	0.19			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Odum, W.E. and E.J. Heald, 1972