Restoration that targets function as opposed to structure: replacing lost bivalve production and filtration
ABSTRACT: Abundant suspension-feeding bivalves have a dominant organizing role in shallow aquatic systems by filtering overlying waters, affecting biogeochemical processing, and diverting production from the water column to the benthos. In degraded aquatic systems where bivalve populations have been...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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2003
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.17615/ns30-3327 https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/dv140313g?file=thumbnail https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/downloads/dv140313g |