Ecology Summary - Calidris maritima

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Ecology of Calidris maritima

Main Ref.	Summers, R.W., S. Smith, M. Nicoll and N.K. Atkinson, 1990
Remarks	During the winter, it uses rocky intertidal habitats and offshore islets to forage. Molluscs make an important part of its winter diet (Ref. 118691).

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 Calidris maritima may be found.

Habitat

Substrate	Hard Bottom: rocky;
Substrate Ref.	Mallory, M.L., M.F. Elderkin, N.C. Spencer, T.A. Betsch, A.C. Russell and P.L. Mills, 2016
Special habitats
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Associations

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Associated with
Association remarks
Parasitism

feeding

Feeding type	plants/detritus+animals (troph. 2.2-2.79)
Feeding type Ref.	Mallory, M.L., M.F. Elderkin, N.C. Spencer, T.A. Betsch, A.C. Russell and P.L. Mills, 2016
Feeding habit	hunting macrofauna (predator)
Feeding habit Ref.	Mallory, M.L., M.F. Elderkin, N.C. Spencer, T.A. Betsch, A.C. Russell and P.L. Mills, 2016

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	3.29	0.34			Trophic level estimated from a number of food items using a randomized resampling routine.
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