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The Shellfish Corner: Filter Feeding Bivalves As Processors Of Coastal Waters, Michael Rice
The Shellfish Corner: Filter Feeding Bivalves As Processors Of Coastal Waters, Michael Rice
Michael A Rice
Bivalves have a profound role in controlling the boom and bust cycles of seasonal phytoplankton blooms, and the increased rates of sediment deposition to the bottom by bivalves are an important "coupler" between the water column and the bottom that stimulates the rate of decomposition and other processes in the sediments.