Ecology Summary - Beroe gracilis

Ecology Summary - Beroe gracilis

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Ecology of Beroe gracilis

Main Ref.	Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
Remarks	Neritic (Ref.121233). Gelatinous predator in pelagic ecosystems (Ref. 121233). Feeds on Pleurobranchia sp., Bolinopsis sp. and siphonophores; found in dense swarms at the surface and a fast swimmer (Ref. 2376).

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 Beroe gracilis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Pelagic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

संदर्भ	Cairns, S.D., D.R. Calder, A. Brinckmann-Voss, C.B. Castro, D.G. Fautin, P.R. Pugh, C.E. Mills, W.C. Jaap, M.N. Arai, S.H.D. Haddock and D.M. Opresko, 2003
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Oliveira, O.M.P., G. Feliu and S. Palma, 2014
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Oliveira, O.M.P., G. Feliu and S. Palma, 2014

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	3.40	0.45			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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