Parameter: TROPHIC_MODE

Dataset: 
EPR vent colonists functional traits
Parameter: 
sample description
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 sample_descrip
Short Description:
 sample description
Official Name:
 sample_descrip
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

text description of sample collected

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
TROPHIC_MODE
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
This trait relates to the trophic level and nutritional requirements of a species. There are five modalities, four of which are taken from sFDVent. "Symbiont host" is not in sFDVent, but was included here to indicate organisms which do not feed but instead host chemosynthetic bacteria that provide food. "Bacterivore" indicates this species is a primary consumer feeding on bacteria. "Detritivore" indicates this species is a primary consumer feeding on fragmented particulate organic matter (detritus). "Carnivore S" indicates this species is a secondary consumer feeding on fragments of dead other animals (scavenger). "Carnivore O" indicates this species is a secondary consumer feeding on live animal tissue or killing prey (other)