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NY Heritage: Marine intertidal mudflats | Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed.
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Name: NY Heritage: Marine intertidal mudflats Reference: Ecological Communities of New York, 2nd Ed. Description: A community of quiet waters, with substrates composed of silt or sand that is rich in organic matter and poorly drained at low tide. The substrate may be covered with algae. Characteristic organisms are polychaetes such as Polydora ligni, Streblospio benedicti, Nereis virens, Lumbrinereis tenuis, and Heteromastus filiformis, mudsnail (Ilyanassa obsoleta), softshell clam (Mya arenaria), and blue mussel (Mytilus edulis). This community is an important feeding ground for shorebirds such as American oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), and willet (Catoptrophorus semipalmatus).  Accession Code: VB.CC.28767.NYHERITAGEMARIN Plot-observations of this Community Concept: 1
	Party Perspective according to: Howard, Timothy Perspective from: 03-Dec-2004 to: ongoing
	status: accepted Community's Parent: NY Heritage: MARINE SYSTEM This Community's Children: [none]		Names:   Other: NY Heritage: Marine intertidal mudflats