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| Main Ref. | Schaller, G.B. and P.G. Crawshaw Jr., 1982 |
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| Remarks | Found in mangroves (Ref. 83945). In terms of frequency and bulk food items of this species are in this order: fish, snails, crabs and insects, with fish being the most important food item. Caimans wait for fish to be within snapping distance, using ambush rather than pursuit. They lay motionless in the shallows or on the bottom of ponds and lakes or floating on the surface with either their eyes and nostrils showing or their head completely under water (Ref. 80914). |
| Marine - Neritic | Marine - Oceanic | Brackishwater | Freshwater | |
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| Marine zones / Brackish and freshwater bodies |
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| Substrate | Benthic: demersal; Soft Bottom: mud; |
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| Substrate Ref. | Schaller, G.B. and P.G. Crawshaw Jr., 1982 |
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| Feeding type | mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up) |
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| Feeding type Ref. | Schaller, G.B. and P.G. Crawshaw Jr., 1982 |
| Feeding habit | hunting macrofauna (predator) |
| Feeding habit Ref. | Schaller, G.B. and P.G. Crawshaw Jr., 1982 |
| Estimation method | original sample | unfished population | Remark | ||
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| Troph | s.e. | Troph | s.e. | ||
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| From individual food items | 4.45 | 0.75 | Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine. | ||
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