Ecology Summary - Modiolus americanus

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Ecology of Modiolus americanus

Main Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Remarks	It is attached to hard substrates intertidally or at shallow subtidal depths, mostly in coral reef areas (Ref. 271).

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 Modiolus americanus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Hard Bottom;
Substrate Ref.	Vittor, B.A., 2002
Special habitats	Coral Reefs;
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type
Feeding type Ref.
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004

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
Ref.

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