Ecology Summary - Dondice occidentalis

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Ecology of Dondice occidentalis

Main Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Remarks	Common. Feeds on a variety of cnidarians, i.e., up-side-down jellyfish Cassiopea sp. On submergent vegetation (Ref. 109264).

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 Dondice occidentalis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile;
Substrate Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009
Special habitats	vegetation
Special habitats Ref.	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn and E.F. Garcia, 2009

Associations

Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Collin, R., M.C. Díaz, J. Norenburg, R.M. Rocha, J.A. Sánchez, M. Schulze, A. Schwartz and A. Valdés, 2005
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
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	3.60	0.50			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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