Ecology Summary - Magallana bilineata

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Ecology of Magallana bilineata

Main Ref.	Vakily, J.M., 1992
Remarks	Mainly inhabits brackish waters, wherein it occurs as thick beds in estuaries, backwaters, ports and harbors (Ref. 7693). Found in areas with somewhat reduced salinity within intertidal and shallow subtidal waters (Ref. 348). Though sporadic, it is also found on corals, rocks, hard objects or growing in bunches, on various soft bottoms to a depth of about 4 m (Refs. 101354, 53, 348 ). Feeds on diatoms, zooplankton and detritus (Ref. 107090). Also in Ref. 115735.

Main Ref.

Vakily, J.M., 1992

Remarks

Mainly inhabits brackish waters, wherein it occurs as thick beds in estuaries, backwaters, ports and harbors (Ref. 7693). Found in areas with somewhat reduced salinity within intertidal and shallow subtidal waters (Ref. 348). Though sporadic, it is also found on corals, rocks, hard objects or growing in bunches, on various soft bottoms to a depth of about 4 m (Refs. 101354, 53, 348 ). Feeds on diatoms, zooplankton and detritus (Ref. 107090). Also in Ref. 115735.

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 Magallana bilineata may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: sessile; endofauna (infauna); Soft Bottom Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Vakily, J.M., 1992
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Poutiers, J.M., 1998
Associations	colony-forming/symphorism;
Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes, 2004
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	2.27	0.15			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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