Ecology Summary - Saduria entomon

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Ecology of Saduria entomon

Main Ref.	Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley and S. Shilling, 1995
Remarks	An infaunal species on Zostera beds and sandy substrate (Ref. 95819). In the Vainameri, north-eastern Baltic Sea, inhabits gravel, medium sand but mainly fine sand substrate (Ref. 95753). A predatory, carnivorous species (Refs. 95752, 96470) and a surface detritivore (Ref. 96470).

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 Saduria entomon may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); macrobenthos; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); silt; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Bonsdorff, E. and T.H. Pearson, 1999
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Boström, C. and E. Bonsdorff, 1997

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Norkko, A. and E. Bonsdorff, 1996
Feeding habit	variable
Feeding habit Ref.	Bonsdorff, E. and T.H. Pearson, 1999

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	3.29	0.53			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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