Parameter: FEEDING_METHOD

Dataset: 
EPR vent colonists functional traits
Parameter: 
sample description
Master parameters information
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 sample_descrip
Short Description:
 sample description
Official Name:
 sample_descrip
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 nd
Description:
 

text description of sample collected

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
FEEDING_METHOD
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
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no
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No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
This trait pertains to the feeding strategy of a species, or how it obtains its food. This trait taken from the Biological Traits Information Catalogue (BIOTIC), MarLIN 2006. It is similar to "functional feeding group" or "feeding guild" for freshwater invertebrates (Ding et al. 2017), "feeding position" in Ver?ssimo et al. (2017), "feeding mode" in Bolam et al. (2016), and "feeding type" in the online polychaete trait database Polytraits (Faulwetter et al. 2014). "Non-feeding" means this animal has no mouth or gut and does not feed. "Deposit feeder" indicates this species consumes organic matter from the substrate. "Suspension feeder" indicates this species filter feeds or gathers food from the water column. "Predator" indicates this species actively hunts and captures animal prey. "Parasite/commensal" indicates this species lives within or upon another organism and feeds off of its tissue. In some cases, species fell into two feeding categories. In these cases, both feeding categories were listed with a forward slash, for example "Deposit feeder/Suspension feeder," "Deposit feeder/Predator," and "Suspension feeder/Predator"