Ecology of Gracilaria salicornia
 
Main Ref. Trono, G.C. Jr., 2001
Remarks Attached to solid substrates such as coral fragments, shells, pebbles, stones, rocks, gravel, or mangrove roots, in clear to turbid waters. Usually found in protected portions of reef flats not exposed to the full impact of wave action (Ref. 80758).

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 Gracilaria salicornia may be found.

Habitat

Substrate Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref. Trono, G.C. Jr., 2001
Special habitats Beds: rock; Coral Reefs: reef flats; vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref. Trono, G.C. Jr., 2001

Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
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Feeding habit
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Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition
From individual food items
Ref.
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. cnidaria)
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