Ecology Summary - Donax serra

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Ecology of Donax serra

Main Ref.	Laudien, J., T. Brey and W.E. Arntz, 2003
Remarks

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 Donax serra may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Dietz, L., J.S. Domel, F. Leese, T. Lehmann and R.R. Melzer, 2018
Associations	parasitism;
Associated with	pycnogonids
Association remarks	unspecified pycnogonids, both larvae and adults, live parasitically on the bivalve (Ref. 121217).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	McLachlan, A., J.E. Dugan, O. Defeo, A.D. Ansell, D.M. Hubbard, E. Jaramillo and P. Penchaszadeh, 1996
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	McLachlan, A., J.E. Dugan, O. Defeo, A.D. Ansell, D.M. Hubbard, E. Jaramillo and P. Penchaszadeh, 1996

Trophic Level(s)

Estimation method	original sample		unfished population		Remark
Estimation method	Troph	s.e.	Troph	s.e.	Remark
From diet composition
From individual food items	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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