Known prey organisms

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Known prey organisms

Aves preys on:
Bivalvia
Lumbrinereis
Notomastus
Paracentrotus
Cancer
Portunus puber
Carcinus
Marthasterias
Euphausia superba
herbivorous plankton
plankton
Actinopterygii
Cephalopoda
fruit
canopy--leaves
flowers
Insecta
leaves and trunks
roots
fungi
Amphipoda
Emerita analoga
Nepthys
angiosperms
Lepidoptera
Araneae
Cerastoderma
Scrobicularia plana
Engraulis encrasicolus
Sardina pilchardus
Clupeidae
Pomatoschistus minutus
Conger conger
Trigla lucerna
Solea vulgaris
Ciliata mustella
Tilapia zillii
Barbus
Diptera
Oreochromis leucostictus
Tilapia nilotica
defoliating invertebrates
Rodentia
predatory invertebrates
Orthoptera
Tenebrionidae
Curculionidae
Thysanura
Isoptera
Scarabaeidae
Gerbillus
Talpinae
Aporosaura
Typhlosaurus
Serpentes
Mytilus
Littorina
Acmaea
Tautogolabrus
meibenthos
deposit feeders
filter feeders
Crustacea
Paracoenia turbida
herbivores
high carnivores
Copepoda
Callinectes sapidus
Lamproscatella dichaeta
Microcoelepis
Chironomidae
Tipulidae
Caenis rivulorum
Ephemerella ignita
Perla cephalotes
Perla carlukiana
Chloroperla grammatica
Stenophylax stellatus
Rhyacophila dorsalis
Agapetus fuscipes
Hydropsyche instabilis
Polycentropus flavomaculatus
Plectrocnemia conspersa
Crunoecia irrorata
Tinodes waeneri
Hydroptila
Simulium reptans
Limnophilus
benthic carnivores
mesozooplankton
macrozooplankton
Engraulidae
Etrumeus teres
Gonostomatidae
Diaphus splendidus
Callogobius atratus
Trachurus
Scomber japonicus
Merluccius
Thyrsites atun
Aves
Phocidae
Chondrichthyes
Scombridae
Carangidae
Hemiramphidae
decomposers/microfauna
phytoplankton
organic stuff
Scaridae
Ammodytes marinus
Clupea harengus
Alosa pseudoharengus
Scomber
Peprilus triacanthus
Actinonaias ellipsiformis
Merluccius bilinearis
Urophycis regia
Urophycis tenuis
Urophycis chuss
Arthropoda
Plantae
detritus
Mammalia
Belontiidae
Orchelimum vulgare
Salvelinus confluentus
Conepatus leuconotus
Phoca largha
Vanessa cardui
Alligator mississippiensis
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Ictonyx striatus
Martes zibellina
Rhinolophus inops
Misumena vatia

Based on studies in:
USA: California (Estuarine, Intertidal, Littoral)
USA: Florida, Everglades (Estuarine)
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands shelf (Reef)
USA, Northeastern US contintental shelf (Coastal)
Ireland (River)
USA: Maine, Gulf of Maine (Littoral, Rocky shore)
Antarctic (Marine)
Ethiopia, Lake Abaya (Lake or pond)
Uganda (Lake or pond)
Netherlands: Wadden Sea, Ems estuary (Estuarine)
UK: Yorkshire, Aire, Nidd & Wharfe Rivers (River)
South Africa, Southwest coast (Marine)
Malaysia (Rainforest)
Russia (Agricultural)
Japan (Forest)
USA (Temporary pool)
Namibia, Namib Desert (Desert or dune)
Portugal (Estuarine)
USA: California, Coachella Valley (Desert or dune)
USA: Yellowstone (Temporary pool)

This list may not be complete but is based on published studies.

G. E. MacGinitie, Ecological aspects of a California marine estuary, Am. Midland Nat. 16(5):629-765, from p. 652 (1935).
J. W. Nybakken, Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach (Harper and Row, New York, 1982), from p. 242.
N. N. Smirnov, Food cycles in sphagnous bogs, Hydrobiologia 17:175-182, from p. 179 (1961).
L. Saldanha, Estudio Ambiental do Estuario do Tejo, Publ. no. 5(4) (CNA/Tejo, Lisbon, 1980).
M. J. Burgis, I. G. Dunn, G. G. Ganf, L. M. McGowan and A. B. Viner, Lake George, Uganda: Studies on a tropical freshwater ecosystem. In: Productivity Problems of Freshwaters, Z. Kajak and A. Hillbricht-Ilkowska, Eds. (Polish Scientific, Warsaw, 1972), p
Y. Kitazawa, Ecosystem metabolism of the subalpine coniferous forest of the Shigayama IBP area. In: Ecosystem Analysis of the Subalpine Coniferous Forest of Shigayama IBP Area, Central Japan, Y. Kitazawa, Ed. (Japanese Committee for the International Biol
E. Holm and C. H. Scholtz, Structure and pattern of the Namib Desert dune ecosystem at Gobabeb, Madoqua 12(1):3-39, from p. 21 (1980).
D. C. Edwards, D. O. Conover, F. Sutter, Mobile predators and the structure of marine intertidal communities, Ecology 63(4):1175-1180, from p. 1178 (1982).
F. B. van Es, A preliminary carbon budget for a part of the Ems estuary: The Dollard, Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters. 30:283-294, from p. 292 (1977).
W. E. Odum and E. J. Heald, The detritus-based food web of an estuarine mangrove community, In Estuarine Research, Vol. 1, Chemistry, Biology and the Estuarine System, Academic Press, New York, pp. 265-286, from p. 281 (1975).
E. Percival and H. Whitehead, 1929. A quantitative study of the fauna of some types of stream-bed. J. Ecol. 17:282-314, from p. 311 & overleaf.
N. C. Collins, R. Mitchell and R. G. Wiegert, 1976. Functional analysis of a thermal spring ecosystem, with an evaluation of the role of consumers. Ecology 57:1221-1232, from p. 1222.
J. L. Harrison, The distribution of feeding habits among animals in a tropical rain forest, J. Anim. Ecol. 31:53-63, from p. 61 (1962).
J. A. Kitching and F. J. Ebling, Ecological studies at Lough Ine, Adv. Ecol. Res. 4:197-291, from p. 288 (1967).
N. A. Mackintosh, A survey of antarctic biology up to 1945. In: Biologie antarctique, R. Carrick, M. Holdgate, J. Prevost, Eds. (Hermann, Paris, 1964), pp. 3-38.
D. Riedel, Der Margheritensee (Sudabessinien) - Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Abessinischen Graben-Seen, Arch. Hydrobiol. 58(4):435-466, from p. 457 (1962).
N. C. Collins, R. Mitchell and R. G. Wiegert, Functional analysis of a thermal spring ecosystem, with an evaluation of the role of consumers, Ecology 57:1221-1232, from p. 1222 (1976).
Link J (2002) Does food web theory work for marine ecosystems? Mar Ecol Prog Ser 230:19
Polis GA (1991) Complex desert food webs: an empirical critique of food web theory. Am Nat 138:123155
Opitz S (1996) Trophic interactions in Caribbean coral reefs. ICLARM Tech Rep 43, Manila, Philippines
Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 16, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org. http://www.animaldiversity.org
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