Ecology Summary - Limnognathia maerski

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Ecology of Limnognathia maerski

Main Ref.	Kristensen, R.M., 2002
Remarks	Lives in limnic mosses or in sediments of freshwater ponds and lakes. Uses ciliary motion to glide over surfaces (Ref. 115919).

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 Limnognathia maerski may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Bekkouche, N., R.M. Kristensen, A. Hejnol, M.V. Sørensen and K. Worsaae, 2014
Special habitats
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Associations

Ref.	Kristensen, R.M., 2002
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Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

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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
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