Ecology Summary - Idotea chelipes

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Ecology of Idotea chelipes

Main Ref.	Healy, B., 1997
Remarks	Infaunal and epifaunal on eelgrass beds (Ref. 95819).

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 Idotea chelipes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); macrobenthos; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Boström, C. and E. Bonsdorff, 1997
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Boström, C. and E. Bonsdorff, 1997

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Norling, P. and N. Kautsky, 2008
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Norling, P. and N. Kautsky, 2008

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
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