Ecology Summary - Haliotis fulgens

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Ecology of Haliotis fulgens

Main Ref.	Gotshall, D.W., 2005
Remarks	It is found on rock crevices from low intertidal to a depth of 18 meters (Ref. 865). Juveniles occur in crevices and other cryptic sites during daytime; moves out at night to forage and returns to home site at dawn. Adults stay on home sites; forages on drift algae and occasionally on attached algae (Ref. 101619).

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 Haliotis fulgens may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom: rocky;
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Special habitats
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Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Guzman del Proo, S.A., E. Serviere-Zaragoza and D. Siqueiros-Beltrones, 2003
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Tutschulte, T.C. and J.H. Connell, 1988

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	2.27	0.12			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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