Ecology Summary - Mnemiopsis leidyi

Ecology Summary - Mnemiopsis leidyi

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Ecology of Mnemiopsis leidyi

Main Ref.	Kideys, A.E., G.A. Finenko, B.E. Anninsky, T.A. Shiganova, A. Roohi, M.R. Tabari, M. Youseffyan, M.T. Rostamuan, H. Rostami and H. Negarestan, 2004
Remarks	Found in the intertidal, bay and nearshore, outer continental shelf and slope (Ref. 116106). A carnivorous hunter which feeds on zooplankton, including meroplankton, fish eggs and fish larvae (Ref. 2969). Known to tolerate a wide range of salinity (3.4 to 75.0 parts per mile) and temperature (1.3 to 32°C) from its native range in the American region.

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 Mnemiopsis leidyi may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Moss, A.G., 2009
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Kideys, A.E., G.A. Finenko, B.E. Anninsky, T.A. Shiganova, A. Roohi, M.R. Tabari, M. Youseffyan, M.T. Rostamuan, H. Rostami and H. Negarestan, 2004
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	Hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Ivanov, V.P., A.M. Kamakin, V.B. Ushivtzev, T. Shiganova, O. Zhukova, N. Aladin, S.I. Wilson, G.R. Harbison and H.J. Dumont, 2006

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	4.15	0.68			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.

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