Ecology Summary - Oithona attenuata

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Ecology of Oithona attenuata

Main Ref.	Hwang, J.-S., H.-U. Dahms, L.-C. Tseng and Q.-C. Chen, 2007
Remarks	Lagoon (Ref. 115379). Omnivore (Ref. 129013).

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 Oithona attenuata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Hwang, J.-S., H.-U. Dahms, L.-C. Tseng and Q.-C. Chen, 2007
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.	Zamora-Terol, S., A.D. Mckinnon and E. Saiz, 2014
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Zamora-Terol, S., A.D. Mckinnon and E. Saiz, 2014

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	2.65	0.29			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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