Ecology Summary - Lepas anatifera

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Ecology of Lepas anatifera

Main Ref.	Wirtz, P., R. Araújo and A.J. Southward, 2006
Remarks	Pelagic (Ref. 99821). Found on buoys and floating objects (Refs. 2767, 7484, 85157) and grows on cork lifebelt (Ref. 3534). Also on keel of ships and driftwood. Known as a fouling species (Ref. 81749). Nonselective filter feeder; opportunistically ingests an array of zooplankton and fills its gut with sand when stranded on the beach. Readily ingest large prey up to 5 mm in diameter (Ref. 106994).

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 Lepas anatifera may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Gittings, S.R., 2009
Special habitats	vegetation ( driftwood );
Special habitats Ref.	Jones, D.S., M.A. Hewitt and A. Sampey, 2000

Associations

Ref.	Wirtz, P., R. Araújo and A.J. Southward, 2006
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Goldstein, M.C. and D.S Goodwin, 2013
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Goldstein, M.C. and D.S Goodwin, 2013

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	2.58	0.27			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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