Ecology Summary - Similipecten greenlandicus

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Ecology of Similipecten greenlandicus

Main Ref.	The British Flora and Fauna Database, 2007
Remarks	Suspension feeding bivalve (Ref. 123453). Also Refs. 117961, 118460.

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 Similipecten greenlandicus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic;
Substrate Ref.	Coulthard, R.D., M.F. Furze, A.J. Pieńkowski, F.C. Nixon and J.H. England, 2010
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Coulthard, R.D., M.F. Furze, A.J. Pieńkowski, F.C. Nixon and J.H. England, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Coulthard, R.D., M.F. Furze, A.J. Pieńkowski, F.C. Nixon and J.H. England, 2010

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.