Ecology Summary - Thysanoessa inermis

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Ecology of Thysanoessa inermis

Main Ref.	Greve, W., F. Reiners, J. Nast and S. Hoffmann, 2004
Remarks	Feeds mostly on diatoms (Ref. 118584). Herbivore (Refs. 118138, 118584).

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 Thysanoessa inermis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Legezynska J., M. Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. Gluchowska, M. Ormanczyk, M. Kedra and J.M. Weslawski, 2017
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Greve, W., F. Reiners, J. Nast and S. Hoffmann, 2004
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Smoot, C.A. and R.R. Hopcroft, 2017
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Dalpadado, P., A. Yamaguchi, B. Ellertsen and S. Johannessen, 2008

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 and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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