Ecology Summary - Mytilus galloprovincialis

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Ecology of Mytilus galloprovincialis

Main Ref.	Anonymous, 2001
Remarks	Found in warmer waters (Ref. 95344). Occurs in quiet waters and lives lower in the intertidal zone attached to rock substrates (Refs. 310, 125090). Inhabits muddy and sandy bottoms (Ref. 125090). Smaller individuals move to the outer edge of the colony (Ref. 310). Feeds on a variety of phyto- and zooplankton (Ref. 112108).

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 Mytilus galloprovincialis may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic; Soft Bottom: sand; mud; Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Culha, M., O. Aksoy and G.E. Tatarhan, 2018
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Anonymous, 2001
Associations
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Lok, A., G. Metin, S. Acarli and P. Goulletquer, 2010
Feeding habit	filtering plankton
Feeding habit Ref.	Lok, A., G. Metin, S. Acarli and P. Goulletquer, 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	2.69	0.22			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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