Ecology Summary - Tinca tinca

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Main Ref.	Michel, P. and T. Oberdorff, 1995
Remarks	Inhabits warm lakes and pools with weed and mud bottom. Tolerant of low oxygen saturations (Ref. 30578, 44894). Occurs in still or slow-flowing waters, often among dense vegetation (Ref. 44894). In winter, it stays in the mud without feeding itself (Ref. 30578). Omnivorous. Feeds on bottom invertebrates and aquatic insect larvae. Young also feed on algae (Ref. 1998, 44894). Breeds in shallow water among dense vegetation, laying numerous sticky green eggs. After hatching the larvae remain attached to the plants for several days. Used as a fodder fish for bass (Ref. 7248).

Main Ref.

Michel, P. and T. Oberdorff, 1995

Remarks

Inhabits warm lakes and pools with weed and mud bottom. Tolerant of low oxygen saturations (Ref. 30578, 44894). Occurs in still or slow-flowing waters, often among dense vegetation (Ref. 44894). In winter, it stays in the mud without feeding itself (Ref. 30578). Omnivorous. Feeds on bottom invertebrates and aquatic insect larvae. Young also feed on algae (Ref. 1998, 44894). Breeds in shallow water among dense vegetation, laying numerous sticky green eggs. After hatching the larvae remain attached to the plants for several days. Used as a fodder fish for bass (Ref. 7248).

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 Tinca tinca may be found.

Habitat

Substrate
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.	Halwart, M. and M.V. Gupta, 2004

Associations

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Parasitism

Feeding

Feeding type	mainly animals (troph. 2.8 and up)
Feeding type Ref.	Michel, P. and T. Oberdorff, 1995
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	Original sample		Unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition	3.69		3.55	0.55	Troph of adults from 1 study.
From individual food items	3.27	0.46			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.	Pliszka, 1953

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