Ecology Summary - Penaeus canaliculatus

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Ecology of Penaeus canaliculatus

Main Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Remarks	Marine, tropical climates (Ref. 8). Inshore (Ref. 121727). Coastline to deep waters down to 50 m (Ref. 114767). Seagrass serves as nursery ground before they move offshore at the age of 5 months (Ref. 121729). Also found in mangroves (Ref. 121728). Opportunistic omnivore (Ref. 121726).

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 Penaeus canaliculatus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	CRUSTA, 2012
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Holthuis, L.B., 1980
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Bondad-Reantaso, M.G., E.R. Lovell, J.R. Arthur, D. Hurwood and P.B. Mather, 2005
Feeding habit
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	3.77	0.45			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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