Ecology Summary - Asterias amurensis

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Ecology of Asterias amurensis

Main Ref.	Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, 2000
Remarks

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 Asterias amurensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: sand ( coarse, fine, ); mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, 2000
Special habitats	Beds: bivalve;
Special habitats Ref.	Department of Fisheries, Western Australia, 2000

Associations

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Parasitism

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
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