Ecology Summary - Culaea inconstans

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Main Ref.	Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Remarks	Inhabits cool, vegetated, sand or mud bottoms of lakes and ponds. Also in pools and backwaters of creeks and small rivers. Rarely found in brackish water. Feeds on crustacean, insect larvae, eggs and larvae of fishes, snails, oligochaetes, algae, fish and benthic invertebrates (Ref. 1998). Preyed upon by kingfishers, herons, and mergansers and occasionally by fishes like Salvelinus fontinalis and Esox lucius (Ref. 1998).

Main Ref.

Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973

Remarks

Inhabits cool, vegetated, sand or mud bottoms of lakes and ponds. Also in pools and backwaters of creeks and small rivers. Rarely found in brackish water. Feeds on crustacean, insect larvae, eggs and larvae of fishes, snails, oligochaetes, algae, fish and benthic invertebrates (Ref. 1998). Preyed upon by kingfishers, herons, and mergansers and occasionally by fishes like Salvelinus fontinalis and Esox lucius (Ref. 1998).

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 Culaea inconstans may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Soft Bottom: sand; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Замечание
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Замечание
From diet composition	3.19	0.14	3.09	0.30	Troph of juv./adults from 3 studies.
From individual food items	3.29	0.47			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
ссылка	Keast, A., 1968

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