Ecology Summary - Metopograpsus frontalis

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Ecology of Metopograpsus frontalis

Main Ref.	Tan, C.G.S. and P.K.L. Ng, 1994
Remarks	Intertidal (Ref. 106854). Non-obligate mangal species (Ref. 81559). Part of both epibenthic and arboreal communities in mangrove areas (Ref. 128397).

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 Metopograpsus frontalis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Hosie, A.M., A. Sampey, P.J. Davie and D.S. Jones, 2015
Special habitats
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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
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	2.44	0.20			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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