Effects of oiled sediment on predation on the littleneck clam, Protothaca staminea, by the Dungeness crab, Cancer magister

Field and laboratory experiments examined how oiled sediment influenced predation on littleneck clams, Protothaca staminea, by Dungeness crabs, Cancer magister. In two field enclosure experiments lasting 13 and 29 days crabs consumed more clams from oiled than clean sand. Clams were shallower in oil...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Estuarine, coastal and shelf science coastal and shelf science, 1981-01, Vol.13 (4), p.445-454
Hauptverfasser:	Pearson, Walter H., Woodruff, D.L., Sugarman, P.C., Olla, Bori L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	behavior Cancer magister clams crabs Marine oil pollution predation Protothaca staminea Washington coast
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