Known prey organisms

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Known prey organisms

Amphipoda (Amphipoda spp.) preys on:
detritus
humus
periphyton
phytoplankton
Infusoria
Radiolaria
Copepoda
Calanus
Oithona-Oncaea type
Cyanobacteria
Carangidae
Actinopterygii
Hemiramphidae
decomposers/microfauna
organic stuff
Ectoprocta
Cirripedia
Ascidia
Porifera
Cnidaria
Anthozoa
algae
bacteria
Microfauna
macrophytes
Achnanthes
Cocconeis
Eunotia
Fragilaria vaucheriae
Navicula bicephala
Microspora
Bryophyta
Achnanthes lanceolata
Cymbella kappii
Cymbella minuta
Frustulia rhomboides
Gomphonema cf. olivaceum
Gomphonema parvulum
Gomphonema subclavatum
Aulacoseira
Meridion circulare
Navicula cryptocephala
Navicula
Nitzschia
Ulothrix
Cyclotella
Navicula avenacea
Rhoicosphenia curvata
Surirella
Synedra ulna
Audouinella
Diatoma heimale
Tabellaria flocculosa
Cymbella sinuata
Gomphoneis herculeana
Achnanthes saxonica
Cymbella
Gomphonema truncatum
Hantzschia
Pinnularia
Oedogonium
Unknown green algal filaments

Based on studies in:
USA: Rhode Island (Marine)
USA: Florida, South Florida (Swamp)
USA: California (Coastal)
Pacific (Tropical)
New Zealand: Otago, Blackrock, Lee catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Broad, Lee catchment (River)
New Zealand: South Island, Canton Creek, Taieri River, Lee catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Dempster's Stream, Taieri River, 3 O'Clock catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, German, Kye Burn catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Little Kye, Kye Burn catchment (River)
New Zealand: Otago, Stony, Sutton catchment (River)
New Zealand (Grassland)
Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico-Virgin Islands shelf (Reef)
USA: Florida (Estuarine)
USA (Temporary pool)

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

S. W. Nixon and C. A. Oviatt, Ecology of a New England salt marsh, Ecol. Monogr. 43:463-498, from p. 491 (1973).
L. D. Harris and G. B. Bowman, Vertebrate predator subsystem. In: Grasslands, Systems Analysis and Man, A. I. Breymeyer and G. M. Van Dyne, Eds. (International Biological Programme Series, no. 19, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, England, 1980), pp. 591-
J. W. Nybakken, Marine Biology: An Ecological Approach (Harper and Row, New York, 1982), from p. 242.
T. S. Petipa, Trophic relationships in communities and the functioning of marine ecosystems: I. Studies in trophic relationships in pelagic communities of the southern seas of the USSR and in the tropical Pacific. In: Marine Production Mechanisms, M. J. D
S. W. Nixon and C. A. Oviatt, Ecology of a New England salt marsh, Ecol. Monog. 43:463-498, from p. 491 (1973).
Townsend, CR, Thompson, RM, McIntosh, AR, Kilroy, C, Edwards, ED, Scarsbrook, MR. 1998. Disturbance, resource supply and food-web architecture in streams. Ecology Letters 1:200-209.
Thompson, RM and Townsend, CR. 1999. The effect of seasonal variation on the community structure and food-web attributes of two streams: implications for food-web science. Oikos 87: 75-88.
K. Paviour-Smith, The biotic community of a salt meadow in New Zealand, Trans. R. Soc. N.Z. 83(3):525-554, from p. 542 (1956).
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.
Opitz S (1996) Trophic interactions in Caribbean coral reefs. ICLARM Tech Rep 43, Manila, Philippines
Christian RR, Luczkovich JJ (1999) Organizing and understanding a winters seagrass foodweb network through effective trophic levels. Ecol Model 117:99124