Ecology Summary - Crassostrea corteziensis

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Ecology of Crassostrea corteziensis

Main Ref.	The British Flora and Fauna Database, 2007
Remarks	Mostly inhabits the intertidal zone (Ref. 106881). Found in mangroves (Refs. 101351, 106881), estuaries and coastal lagoons associated with mangrove roots (Ref. 106881). Eurythermal and euryhaline (Ref. 106881).

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 Crassostrea corteziensis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile;
Substrate Ref.
Special habitats	vegetation ( roots/holdfast, );
Special habitats Ref.	Enriquez-Ocaña, L.F., M. Nieves-Soto, P. Piña-Valdez, L.R. Martínez-Córdova and M.A. Medina-Jasso, 2012

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Enriquez-Ocaña, L.F., M. Nieves-Soto, P. Piña-Valdez, L.R. Martínez-Córdova and M.A. Medina-Jasso, 2012
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Enriquez-Ocaña, L.F., M. Nieves-Soto, P. Piña-Valdez, L.R. Martínez-Córdova and M.A. Medina-Jasso, 2012

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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