Ecology Summary - Styela plicata

Ecology Summary - Styela plicata

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Ecology of Styela plicata

Main Ref.	Rocha, R.M., S.B. Faria and T.R. Moreno, 2005
Remarks	Tolerates brackish and polluted waters (Ref. 1134). Solitary and found in mangroves (Ref. 1757); on hard substrate (Ref. 116065); some are recorded on piers and pilings (Ref. 86424). Clumped on the sides and bottom of the floats (Ref. 2268).

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 Styela plicata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Soft Bottom: mud; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Wu, R.S.S. and P.K.S. Shin, 1997
Special habitats	Other habitats: pilings;
Special habitats Ref.	Goodbody, I., 2003

Associations

संदर्भ	Rocha, R.M., S.B. Faria and T.R. Moreno, 2005
Associations	solitary;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		टिप्पणी
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	टिप्पणी
From diet composition
From individual food items
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