Ecology Summary - Scrippsiella trochoidea

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Ecology of Scrippsiella trochoidea

Main Ref.	Hameed, H.A. and M. Saburova, 2015
Remarks	Very common in neritic, moderately eutrophic waters. Non-toxic, cyst-forming, found in both cold and tropic waters where it is known to produce "red tide". Mixotrophic; ingests organic matter or prey such as other dinoflagellates, cryptophytes, diatoms and bacteria (Ref. 115134).

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 Scrippsiella trochoidea may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Cooper, J.T., G.A. Sinclair and B. Wawrik, 2016
Feeding habit
Feeding habit Ref.

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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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