Ecology Summary - Acartia tonsa

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Ecology of Acartia tonsa

Main Ref.	Markowski, S., 1962
Remarks	Euryhaline (Ref. 111077). This species is found in marine and brackish areas (Ref. 87872). Feeds on phytoplankton and ciliates, by suspension feeding and ambush feeding, respectively (Ref. 95842).

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 Acartia tonsa may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Suarez-Morales, E., J.W. Fleeger and P.A. Montagna, 2009
Special habitats	Other habitats: seamounts;
Special habitats Ref.	Kennedy, M.K., L. Van Guelpen, G. Pohle and L. Bajona (eds.), 2010

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Saiz, E. and T. Kiorboe, 1995
Feeding habit	selective plankton feeding
Feeding habit Ref.	Saiz, E. and T. Kiorboe, 1995

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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