Ecology Summary - Callinectes bocourti

Ecology Summary - Callinectes bocourti

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Ecology of Callinectes bocourti

Main Ref.	Tavares, M., 2003
Remarks	Benthopelagic (Ref. 97531). Inhabits shallow brackish waters ranging in salinity from nearly fresh to nearly full marine, on sand or rock-shell bottoms. Tolerant of stagnant polluted environments. Feeds on a variety of materials including mollusks, other bottom invertebrates, some fishes, carrion and detritus (Ref. 367).

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 Callinectes bocourti may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Pelagic; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Tavares, M., 2003
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Tavares, M., 2003
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
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	3.54	0.36			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.

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