Ecology Summary - Aequorea aequorea

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Ecology of Aequorea aequorea

Main Ref.	Dawson, M.N., 2004
Remarks	Usually found offshore in waters deeper than 150 m (Ref. 3292).

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 Aequorea aequorea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Wrobel, D. and C.E. Mills, 1998
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Dawson, M.N., 2004
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Wrobel, D. and C.E. Mills, 1998
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Sparks, C., E. Buecher, A.S. Brierley, B.E. Axelsen, H. Boyer and M.J. Gibbons, 2001

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition					hydromedusae, ctenophores, polychaetes and appendicularians.
From individual food items
Ref.	Wrobel, D. and C.E. Mills, 1998

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