Parameter: PARASITE_CONSUMER_STRATEGY

Dataset: 
Hydrothermal vent parasite species reported in published literature
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: 
PARASITE_CONSUMER_STRATEGY
Supplied Units: 
unitless
Datatype: 
String
Conversion Necessary: 
no
Conversion Utility: 
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 
A consumer strategy for the parasite or other symbiont at its current life stage based on definitions in Lafferty & Kuris (2002) and Lafferty et al. (2015). This dataset includes vent macroparasites and vent symbionts of three other consumer strategies (commensal, egg predator, and micropredator). A "Macroparasite" is a true parasite that has intensity-dependent pathology. A "Commensal" lives in close association with a host while not harming the host. An "Egg predator" feeds on brooded eggs on the host rather than directly on host tissue. A "Micropredator" is a predator that does not kill its prey.