Ecology Summary - Penaeus aztecus

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Ecology of Penaeus aztecus

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Remarks	Inhabits bottom mud or peat, often with sand, clay or broken shells. Adults in marine environment. Juveniles in estuarine and marine environment (Ref. 8).

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 Penaeus aztecus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; ooze (, organic );
Substrate Ref.	Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley, 1997
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, 2015
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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	2.93	0.17			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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