Ecology Summary - Hydrophis coggeri

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Ecology of Hydrophis coggeri

Main Ref.	Ineich, I. and P. Laboute, 2002
Remarks	Occurs in shallow waters and along the coast. On seabeds with loose organic material and sediment. Also near mangroves, white coral seabeds on the rear of a barrier reef (Ref. 2352) and seagrass beds (Ref. 98471). Mainly feeds on eels of the families Ophichthidae and Congridae (Ref. 2352).

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 Hydrophis coggeri may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; demersal; Soft Bottom
Substrate Ref.	Ineich, I. and P. Laboute, 2002
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass; Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Ineich, I. and P. Laboute, 2002

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Ineich, I. and P. Laboute, 2002
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Ineich, I. and P. Laboute, 2002

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	4.50	0.80			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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