Food items reported for Crassostrea gigas
n = 60
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
plants phytoplankton diatoms Achnanthes brevipes Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Achnanthes hauckiana Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Frustulia rhomboides Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Aulacoseira ambigua Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia acicularis Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia inconspicua Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia longissima Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia sigma Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Tryblionella coarctata Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Tryblionella compressa Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Tryblionella constricta Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Tryblionella granula Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Tryblionella levidensis Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Tryblionella littoralis Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Bacillaria paradoxa Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Biddulphia sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Amphora helenensis Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Amphora sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Amphosa ventricosa Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Climacosphenia moniligera Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cocconeis costata Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cocconeis placentula Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cocconeis scutellum Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cymbella minuta Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Diploneis sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula smithii var. fusca Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Entomonei sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Synedra longissima Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Synedra sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Cerataulina sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Licmophora sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Melosira discigera Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Melosira sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula ammophila France juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula cryptocephala Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula rhynchocephala Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula salinarum Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Paralia sulcata Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Plagiotropis lepidoptera France juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Gyrosigma fasciola Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Gyrosigma sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Pleurosigma normanii Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Pleurosigma sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Rhabdonema arcuatum Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Rhabdonema sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Gomphonema curvatum Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Rhopalodia gibberula Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Rhopalodia sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Grammatophora marina Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Grammatophora sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Surirella sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Thalassiosira sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Odontella aurita Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Odontella sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Triceratium sp. Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Unspecified Dinoflagellata Japan juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Sphenella parvula Japan juv./adults
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