Ecology Summary - Caspiomyzon graecus

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Main Ref.	Renaud, C.B. and P.S. Economidis, 2010
Remarks	The species spends its entire life cycle in fresh water and appears to be quite sedentary, based on the capture of all three stages of its life history (i.e., ammocoete, metamorphosing ammocoete and immature adult) at one locality in mid-November. The habitat is characterized by clear, fastflowing water and muddy substrate in which the larvae bury. The substrate may or may not include submerged vegetation (Ref. 84195).

Main Ref.

Renaud, C.B. and P.S. Economidis, 2010

Remarks

The species spends its entire life cycle in fresh water and appears to be quite sedentary, based on the capture of all three stages of its life history (i.e., ammocoete, metamorphosing ammocoete and immature adult) at one locality in mid-November. The habitat is characterized by clear, fastflowing water and muddy substrate in which the larvae bury. The substrate may or may not include submerged vegetation (Ref. 84195).

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 Caspiomyzon graecus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
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Special habitats
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Parasitism

Feeding

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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
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