Ecology Summary - Pliciloricus pedicularis

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Ecology of Pliciloricus pedicularis

Main Ref.	Gad, G., 2005
Remarks	Inhabits oligotrophic to eutrophic environment with white to light beige sediments; it has mud contents in surface layer reaching 90 to 99% and decreasing towards 12 cm sediment depth. Total carbon contents between 8% and 8.7% with high amounts of globularian foraminiferans. Sediments are well oxygenated down to a depth of 20 cm.

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 Pliciloricus pedicularis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: meiobenthos; Soft Bottom: mud;
Substrate Ref.	Gad, G., 2005
Special habitats
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Associations

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Parasitism

feeding

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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
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