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... clams on the Pacific coast of North America . According to Van Veldhuizen and Phillips ( 1978 ) , Pisaster somehow senses the buried clams as it moves across the surface . It then extends the tube feet from around the mouth area deep ...
... clams on the Pacific coast of North America . According to Van Veldhuizen and Phillips ( 1978 ) , Pisaster somehow senses the buried clams as it moves across the surface . It then extends the tube feet from around the mouth area deep ...
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... clam populations because they can consume all sizes . Unlike the barnacles of the rocky intertidal , the clams have no refuge in size . Despite the massive effects of the larger predators , there are areas that act as refuges from ...
... clam populations because they can consume all sizes . Unlike the barnacles of the rocky intertidal , the clams have no refuge in size . Despite the massive effects of the larger predators , there are areas that act as refuges from ...
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... clams can discern between healthy zooxanthellae cells and those that are degenerating or senile . As a result , the clam transports only the senile or degenerating cells from the outer mantle blood spaces , where they photosynthe- size ...
... clams can discern between healthy zooxanthellae cells and those that are degenerating or senile . As a result , the clam transports only the senile or degenerating cells from the outer mantle blood spaces , where they photosynthe- size ...
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abundant adaptations algae algal amphipods anemones animals areas associations Atlantic bacteria barnacles benthic benthos Biol biological bottom burrowing changes clams Cnidaria colonies community structure competition copepods coral reefs crabs crustaceans deep sea density deposit feeders depth desiccation detritus diatoms distribution diversity dominant ecology effect environment estuary example fauna feeding Figure fishes gastropod grazing growth herbivores increased infaunal interactions interstitial intertidal zone invertebrates kelp large numbers larvae layers light limpets low tide macrofauna mangrove marine meiofauna meiofaunal organisms mesopelagic mollusks mud flats nekton number of species nutrients occur ocean oxygen Pacific coast particles patterns pelagic percent Photo courtesy photophores physical factors phytoplankton plankton plants Plate polychaete population predators prey primary productivity reduced result rocky intertidal rocky shores salinity sand beaches sand flats seagrass seagrass beds seawater sediment space substrate subtidal surface suspension feeders temperate temperature terrestrial tidal tropical various vertical water column wave action zonation zooplankton zooxanthellae