Ecology Summary - Oithona nana

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Ecology of Oithona nana

Main Ref.	Wong, C.K., A.L.C. Chan and Q.C. Chen, 1993
Remarks	Estuarine (Ref. 111077). Omnivore (Ref. 129013).

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 Oithona nana may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.	Ferrari, F.D. and T.E. Bowman, 1980
Special habitats	Coral Reefs: reef flats; lagoons;
Special habitats Ref.	Ferrari, F.D. and T.E. Bowman, 1980

Associations

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Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Lampitt, R.S., 1978
Feeding habit
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	3.10	0.00			Tentative trophic level derived from 1 + troph of a single food item
Ref.