Ecology Summary - Microspathodon dorsalis

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Main Ref.	Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997
Remarks	Inhabits rocky reefs, below the surf zone (Ref. 9334). Feeds mainly on low-profile, attached algae (Ref. 28023). Defends both feeding and reproductive territories by driving off other fishes and divers who come too close (Ref. 28023). Territorial herbivore that feeds on farmed turf-algae within their territories (Ref. 57615); and depends on a delicate, nutritionally rich food resource exhibiting low standing crop but very high productivity, example is red alga, Polysiphonia sp. (Ref. 56916).

Main Ref.

Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997

Remarks

Inhabits rocky reefs, below the surf zone (Ref. 9334). Feeds mainly on low-profile, attached algae (Ref. 28023). Defends both feeding and reproductive territories by driving off other fishes and divers who come too close (Ref. 28023). Territorial herbivore that feeds on farmed turf-algae within their territories (Ref. 57615); and depends on a delicate, nutritionally rich food resource exhibiting low standing crop but very high productivity, example is red alga, Polysiphonia sp. (Ref. 56916).

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 Microspathodon dorsalis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.	Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen, 2006

Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Grove, J.S. and R.J. Lavenberg, 1997
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Dominici-Arosemena, A. and M. Wolff, 2006

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	2.10	0.05			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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