Ecology Summary - Palaemonetes paludosus

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Ecology of Palaemonetes paludosus

Main Ref.	Williams, A.B., L.G. Abele, D.L. Felder, H.H. Hobbs Jr., R.B. Manning, P.A. McLaughlin and I. Pérez Farfante, 1988
Remarks	Inhabits extensive marshes and swamps, among emergent vegetation, snags, clinging to the undersides of vegetation mats. Omnivorous, mainly feeds on algae but also consumes dead leaves, insects, and other benthic coarse particular organic matter (Ref. 111183).

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 Palaemonetes paludosus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal;
Substrate Ref.	Wessell, K.J., R.W. Merritt and K.W. Cummins, 2001
Special habitats	vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	Wessell, K.J., R.W. Merritt and K.W. Cummins, 2001

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.	Wessell, K.J., R.W. Merritt and K.W. Cummins, 2001
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	3.28	0.07			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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