Ecology Summary - Petrochirus diogenes

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Ecology of Petrochirus diogenes

Main Ref.	Belize Marine Tropical Research and Education Center, 2011
Remarks	From shallow waters to a depth of 128 m (Ref. 97531).

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 Petrochirus diogenes may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Belize Marine Tropical Research and Education Center, 2011
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Felder, D.L., F. Alvarez, J.W. Goy and R. Lemaitre, 2009

Associations

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feeding

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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	4.06	0.07			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
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