Ecology Summary - Modiolus modiolus

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Ecology of Modiolus modiolus

Main Ref.	Turgeon, D.D., J.F. Quinn Jr., A.E. Bogan, E.V. Coan, F.G. Hochberg, W.G. Lyons, P.M. Mikkelsen, R.J. Neves, C.F.E. Roper, G. Rosenberg, B. Roth, A. Scheltema, F.G. Thompson, M. Vecchione and J.D. Willams, 1998
Remarks	Suspension feeder (Refs. 3477, 118257). Also found on fine and medium grain sized sand mixed with gravel and shell debris (Ref. 118257). Aggregates into mussel "mats" by binding gravel and rocks (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 Modiolus modiolus may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand ( fine, ); mud; Hard Bottom: rocky; rubble;
Substrate Ref.	Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 1998
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Harbo, R.M., 1997
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism;
Associated with
Association remarks	In aggregations or mussel "mats" (Ref. 95344).
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Holt, T.J., E.I. Rees, S.J. Hawkins and R. Seed, 1998
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Harvey-Clark, C., 1997

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.