Ecology Summary - Patinopecten caurinus

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Ecology of Patinopecten caurinus

Main Ref.	Ignell, S. and E. Haynes, 2000
Remarks	Found in small depressions on sandy-gravely substrates (Ref. 95344).

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 Patinopecten caurinus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: demersal; Soft Bottom: sand; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Ignell, S. and E. Haynes, 2000
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	National Missile Defense Deployment, 2000
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	2.51	0.25			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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