Ecology Summary - Cerastoderma glaucum

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Ecology of Cerastoderma glaucum

Main Ref.	Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis, 2005
Remarks	Coastal species (Ref. 122965, ). Intertidal (Ref. 106825). Prefers to live in muddy sediments of lagoons and estuaries (Ref. 122964). Abundant on soft bottoms of coastal embayments and lagoons (Ref. 122965). Infaunal on sand and eelgrass beds and epifaunal on eelgrass beds (Ref. 95819). This species is a filter (Refs. 78574, 95728) and/or suspension feeder (Ref. 96470).

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 Cerastoderma glaucum may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); silt; mud;
Substrate Ref.	Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1998
Special habitats	Beds: sea grass;
Special habitats Ref.	Boström, C. and E. Bonsdorff, 1997

Associations

Ref.	Zenetos, A., E. Vardala-Theodorou and C. Alexandrakis, 2005
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Norkko, A. and E. Bonsdorff, 1996
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1998

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 estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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