Ecology Summary - Grampus griseus

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Ecology of Grampus griseus

Main Ref.	Tan, J.M.L., 1995
Remarks	Inhabits deep oceanic and continental slope waters of the tropics through the temperate regions in both hemispheres. Feeds os (Ref. 1394). Feeds in deeper waters (Ref. 122680) on crustaceans and cephalopods, but prefers squid (Ref. 1394).

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 Grampus griseus may be found.

Habitat

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

Associations

Ref.	Tan, J.M.L., 1995
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood and M.A. Webber, 1993

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	4.54	0.26			Troph of juv./adults.
From individual food items	4.36	0.43			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Blanco, C., M.A. Raduan and J.A. Raga, 2006