Ecology Summary - Entomocorus radiosus

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Main Ref.	Reis, R.E. and T.A.K. Borges, 2006
Remarks	Specimens were collected from a creek and in wide open environments, as river channels and bays of the upper Rio Paraguay basin in the periodically flooded areas known as the Pantanal. Known to be a zooplanktivore which also eats insects. Stomach contents predominantly has microcrustaceans (cladocerans, copepods and ostracods); insects (ephemeropterans, coleopterans and hemipterans); and/or small amounts of water mites, rotifers, fish scales, bryozoans, unidentified eggs, detritus, and sand (Ref. 57707).

Main Ref.

Reis, R.E. and T.A.K. Borges, 2006

Remarks

Specimens were collected from a creek and in wide open environments, as river channels and bays of the upper Rio Paraguay basin in the periodically flooded areas known as the Pantanal. Known to be a zooplanktivore which also eats insects. Stomach contents predominantly has microcrustaceans (cladocerans, copepods and ostracods); insects (ephemeropterans, coleopterans and hemipterans); and/or small amounts of water mites, rotifers, fish scales, bryozoans, unidentified eggs, detritus, and sand (Ref. 57707).

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 Entomocorus radiosus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
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Special habitats
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Associations

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Association remarks
Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Reis, R.E. and T.A.K. Borges, 2006
Feeding habit
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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	3.25	0.39			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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