Ecology Summary - Chelonibia caretta

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Ecology of Chelonibia caretta

Main Ref.	Wirtz, P., R. Araújo and A.J. Southward, 2006
Remarks	Epibiotic, neritic (Ref. 111011). Sublittoral (Refs. 99821, 106854).

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 Chelonibia caretta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000
Special habitats	Other habitats: vertebrates (turtles);
Special habitats Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000

Associations

Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000
Associations
Associated with	Epizoic on turtles Chelonia imbricata and Chelone midas.
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	López, D.A., B.A. López, C.K. Pham, E.J. Isidro and M. De Girolamo, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	López, D.A., B.A. López, C.K. Pham, E.J. Isidro and M. De Girolamo, 2010

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
Ref.

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