Ecology Summary - Aldrichetta forsteri

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Main Ref.	Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, 1993
Remarks	Juveniles in the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, inhabit lower salinity water (about 20 parts per thousand) but generally from Victoria to southwestern Australia, juveniles less than 1-year-old live in both estuarine and marine environments with salinity to 35 parts per thousand (Ref. 27012, 28470) and temperatures ranging from 14°C to 24°C (Ref. 28707). As they grow older (Ref. 28706), yellow-eye mullet gradually move into more open coastal waters, yet prior to spawning they undertake a more pronounced movement to the coast (Ref. 28470). Recently hatched juveniles probably enter estuaries by active swimming (Ref. 28707). Juveniles in Barker Inlet (near Adelaide, South Australia) enter estuaries and sheltered bays when they are 3-4 cm long, and remain there until they reach 25-30 cm TL.

Main Ref.

Kailola, P.J., M.J. Williams, P.C. Stewart, R.E. Reichelt, A. McNee and C. Grieve, 1993

Remarks

Juveniles in the Gippsland Lakes, Victoria, inhabit lower salinity water (about 20 parts per thousand) but generally from Victoria to southwestern Australia, juveniles less than 1-year-old live in both estuarine and marine environments with salinity to 35 parts per thousand (Ref. 27012, 28470) and temperatures ranging from 14°C to 24°C (Ref. 28707). As they grow older (Ref. 28706), yellow-eye mullet gradually move into more open coastal waters, yet prior to spawning they undertake a more pronounced movement to the coast (Ref. 28470). Recently hatched juveniles probably enter estuaries by active swimming (Ref. 28707). Juveniles in Barker Inlet (near Adelaide, South Australia) enter estuaries and sheltered bays when they are 3-4 cm long, and remain there until they reach 25-30 cm TL.

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 Aldrichetta forsteri may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Thomson, J.M., 1957
Feeding habit	grazing on aquatic plants
Feeding habit Ref.	Thomson, J.M., 1957

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	2.51	0.26			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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