Ecology Summary - Hypnea musciformis

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Ecology of Hypnea musciformis

Main Ref.	Pickering, T. and S. Mario, 1999
Remarks	Schenkman (1989) reported biomass of H. musciformis in Brazil to be most affected by high temperatures (such as during low spring tides on sunny days) followed by rough seas, and grazing by amphipods and seahares (Ref. 82232).

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 Hypnea musciformis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.	Pickering, T. and S. Mario, 1999
Special habitats	Beds: others; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Norris, J.N. and K.E. Bucher, 1982

Associations

Ref.	Pickering, T. and S. Mario, 1999
Associations	epiphytic;
Associated with	Sargassum plants.
Association remarks	Often found growing attached to Sargassum plants.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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Feeding habit
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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
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