Ecology Summary - Perna perna

Language:

Ecology of Perna perna

Main Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Remarks	It is attached by byssus onto hard substrates, common in high-energy rocky coasts (Ref. 271). Feeds primarily on detritus (Ref. 114808).

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 Perna perna may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Benthic: mobile; endofauna (infauna); Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Carpenter, K.E. (ed.), 2002
Special habitats
Special habitats Ref.

Associations

Ref.	Rupp, G.S. and G.J. Parsons, 2006
Associations	commensalism;
Associated with	Nodipecten nodosus
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	mainly plants/detritus (troph. 2-2.19)
Feeding type Ref.	Berry, P.F. and M.H. Schleyer, 1983
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	2.48	0.26			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
Ref.