Ecology Summary - Benthesicymus strabus

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Ecology of Benthesicymus strabus

Main Ref.	Pérez Farfante, I. and B. Kensley, 1997
Remarks

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 Benthesicymus strabus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Poupin, J., 1998
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Burghart, S.E., 2006
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Burghart, S.E., 2006

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.16	0.73			Troph of adults.
From individual food items	3.47	0.50			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Burghart, S.E., 2006

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