Ecology Summary - Chaceon ramosae

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Ecology of Chaceon ramosae

Main Ref.	Domingos, S. S., A. A. R. Athiê and C. L. D. B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2008
Remarks	Deep-water species (Ref. 105069). Epibenthonic. Found on muddy and muddy-sandy bottoms. Scavenger and predator; likely to be an opportunistic carnivore (Ref. 104380).

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 Chaceon ramosae may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Domingos, S. S., A. A. R. Athiê and C. L. D. B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2008
Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Domingos, S. S., A. A. R. Athiê and C. L. D. B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2008
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Domingos, S. S., A. A. R. Athiê and C. L. D. B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2008

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.33	0.62			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	2.87	0.30			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Domingos, S. S., A. A. R. Athiê and C. L. D. B. Rossi-Wongtschowski, 2008