Ecology Summary - Bursa granularis

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Ecology of Bursa granularis

Main Ref.	Smith, B.D., 2003
Remarks	Found in boulder shores, in slightly more exposed areas (Ref. 125338).

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 Bursa granularis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009
Special habitats	Beds: rock;
Special habitats Ref.	Abbott, R.T., 1991

Associations

Ref.	Smith, B.D., 2003
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Taylor, J.D., 1976

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	3.06	0.26			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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