Ecology Summary - Liocarcinus depurator

Ecology Summary - Liocarcinus depurator

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Ecology of Liocarcinus depurator

Main Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Remarks	Epibenthic (Ref. 87524) on soft bottoms (Refs. 3123, 106896). Occurs in an estuary. Found in raft zones and central channel areas subject to oceanic influences (Ref. 106896). Thrives at 30-40 psu salinity range (Ref. 116556).

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 Liocarcinus depurator may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Jennings, S., J. Lancaster, A. Woolmer and J. Cotter, 1999
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Carlier, A., P. Riera, J.-M. Amouroux, J.-Y. Bodiou and A. Grémare, 2007
Feeding habit	browsing on substrate
Feeding habit Ref.	Carlier, A., P. Riera, J.-M. Amouroux, J.-Y. Bodiou and A. Grémare, 2007

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.49	0.41			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	3.34	0.48			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Freire, J., 1996

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