Ecology of Daption capense
 
Main Ref. SAUP Database, 2006
Remarks Circumpolar (Ref. 91362). Found over open-water (Ref. 356). Follows ships. A gregarious species; noisy and quarrelsome when feeding on ship galley waste (Ref. 91362). Exhibits surface-seizing, foot paddling and pattering (Ref. 356). Breeds colonially (Ref. 91362).

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 Daption capense may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref. Harrison, P., 1987
Associations colony-forming/symphorism;
Associated with
Association remarks Breeds colonially.
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref. Ridoux, V., 1994
Feeding habit variable
Feeding habit Ref. Karpouzi, V.S., 2005

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method original sample unfished population Remark
Troph s.e. Troph s.e.
From diet composition 2.69 0.28 Troph of adults.
From individual food items 3.72 0.65 Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref. Cherel, Y., C.-A. Bost, C. Guinet and H. Weimerskirch, 2005
Ref. [ e.g. 3742]
Glossary [ e.g. cnidaria]
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