Ecology Summary - Plesionika acanthonotus

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Ecology of Plesionika acanthonotus

Main Ref.	Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
Remarks	Found on the middle continental slope (Ref. 105377). Non-migrator macrozooplankton feeder (Ref. 52384). Active predator of macroplankton species. Diet is based on smaller prey like siphonophores, hyperiids and euphausiids (Ref. 105341).

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 Plesionika acanthonotus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Cartes, J.E., 1993
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Cartes, J.E., 1993

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	3.27	0.50			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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