Fish |
Body size |
maximum length |
cm |
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Recruitment and life-history |
eggs parental care |
(i) yes, (ii)
no |
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larval parental care |
(i) yes, (ii) no |
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reproduction mode |
(i) viviparous, (ii) oviparous |
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fecundity mode |
(i) internal, (ii) external |
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Resource and habitat use
|
feeding modes
|
(i) piscivore, (ii) omnivore, (iii) detritivore,
(iv) herbivore, (v) insectivore, (vi) invertivore
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mouth position
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(i) subterminal, (ii) terminal, (iii) superior,
(iv) low
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position in water
|
(i) pelagic, (ii) benthopelagic,
(iv) benthic
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Arthropods |
Body size |
maximum length |
cm |
|
Recruitment and life-history
|
respiration mode
|
(i) air, (ii) branchial, (iii) integumentary,
(iv) plastron, (v) stigmata
|
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reproduction cycle |
(i) univoltine, (ii) semivoltine, (iii)
plurivoltine |
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refuge use
|
(i) networks, (ii) sand and debris, (iii) wood,
(iv) builders, (v) no refuge
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Resource and habitat use
|
feeding mode
|
(i) shredders, (ii) predators, (iii) scrapers,
(iv) collector-gatheres, (v) collector-filtering, (vi) piercers
|
|
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habitat use
|
(i) burrowers, (ii) climbers, (iii) skaters,
(iv) skaters, (v) sprawlers, (vi) swimmers
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Macrophytes |
Body size |
plant vegetative height |
m |
|
Recruitment and life-history |
seed dry mass |
mg |
|
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propagation mode |
(i) seed/ spore, (ii) mostly by seed/spore, also
vegetatively, (iii) by seed/spore and vegetatively, (iv) mostly
vegetatively, also by seed/spore, (v) vegetatively |
|
|
main dispersal agent |
(i) passive, (ii) wind, (iii) water, (iv)
animals (v) wind+water, (vi) wind+animals, (vii) water+animals, (viii)
wind+water+animals |
|
|
plant phenology |
(i) perennial, (ii) annual/short-lived
perennial |
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Resource and habitat use |
growth form |
(i) submerged, (ii) emergent,
(iii) free-floating, (iv) rooted-floating |
|
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leaf compoundness |
(i) simple, (ii) compound |
|
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leaf area |
mm²/mg-1
|
|
|
specific leaf area |
mm²/mg-1
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