Ecology Summary - Rhizostoma pulmo

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Ecology of Rhizostoma pulmo

Main Ref.	Göthel, H., 1992
Remarks	Euryhaline species (Ref. 122857). Found in a river estuary (Ref. 122860) and coastal lagoons (Refs. 81044, 122857). Abundant inshore but also found offshore (Ref. 122861).

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 Rhizostoma pulmo may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic; Soft Bottom: sand;
Substrate Ref.	Fuentes, V., I. Straehler-Pohl, D. Atienza, I. Franco, U. Tilves, M. Gentile, M. Acevedo, A. Olariaga and J.M. Gili, 2011
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Purcell, J.E. and M.N. Arai, 2001
Associations
Associated with	Merlangius merlangus.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
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	2.80	0.32			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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