Ecology Summary - Panopea abrupta

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Ecology of Panopea abrupta

Main Ref.	Goodwin, C.L. and B. Pease, 1989
Remarks	Buries in a variety of substrates, mud, sand and gravel, along the intertidal zone (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 Panopea abrupta may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Goodwin, C.L. and B. Pease, 1989
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Campbell, A., C.W. Yeung, G. Dovey and Z. Zhang, 2004
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Campbell, A., C.W. Yeung, G. Dovey and Z. Zhang, 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	2.00	0.00			Trophic level and s.e. inferred from exclusive plant/detritus food items.
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