Ecology Summary - Tringa incana

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Ecology of Tringa incana

Main Ref.	Brooke, M. de L., I. Hepburn and R.J. Travelyan, 2004
Remarks	Found on the beach (Ref. 87921) and shoreline (Ref. 116102). Associated with the louse Nirmus obtusus in Clipperton Island and the Galápagos (Ref. 95205). Visual continuous foraging strategy, utilizing salt-marsh fringes and bare flats to feed on epifaunal macrobenthos (Ref. 95303).

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 Tringa incana may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Palma, R.L., 1994
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	Nirmus obtusus
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Jing, K., Z. Ma, B. Li, J. Li and J. Chen, 2007
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Jing, K., Z. Ma, B. Li, J. Li and J. Chen, 2007

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	3.62	0.26			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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