Metabolic rate and growth in the temperate bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria at a biogeographic limit, from the English Channel
Metabolism and growth rate of the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria, were investigated in a population invasive to Southampton Water, southern England. An individual metabolic model expressed as a function of soft tissue dry mass was fitted to data of 18 individuals (log (VO<sub>2</sub>)...
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2010-08.
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