Ecology Summary - Oceanodroma tristrami

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Ecology of Oceanodroma tristrami

Main Ref.	SAUP Database, 2006
Remarks	Forages alone or with conspecifics, and typically forages at night. Feeds by dipping prey from the ocean’s surface on the wing, often pattering the water with feet. Diet consists of fish, squid, coelenterates, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 122680).

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 Oceanodroma tristrami may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associations
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Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	State of hawaii, 2020
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	State of hawaii, 2020

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	4.14	0.42			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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