Ecology Summary - Pandalus borealis

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Ecology of Pandalus borealis

Main Ref.	Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid, 1996
Remarks	Considered as free-living (Ref. 3123) stenohaline species living on soft substrates with high organic content. It is an opportunistic omnivore functioning as a predator and a scavenger (Ref. 85480).

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 Pandalus borealis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; silt; mud;: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Shumway, S.E., H.C. Perkins, D.F. Schick and A.P. Stickney, 1985
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Piepenburg, D., N.V. Chernova, C.F. von Dorrien, J. Gutt, A.V. Neyelov, E. Rachor, L. Saldanha and M.K. Schmid, 1996
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Shumway, S.E., H.C. Perkins, D.F. Schick and A.P. Stickney, 1985
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Shumway, S.E., H.C. Perkins, D.F. Schick and A.P. Stickney, 1985

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	3.07	0.35			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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