Pliocene Te Aute limestones, New Zealand: Expanding concepts for cool-water shelf carbonates [PDF]
Acceptance of a spectrum of warm- through cold-water shallow-marine carbonate facies has become of fundamental importance for correctly interpreting the origin and significance of all ancient platform limestones.
Al‐Aasam I. S. +27 more
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Dispersal Dynamics in a Wind-Driven Benthic System
Bedload and water column traps were used with simultaneous wind and water velocity measurements to study postlarval macrofaunal dispersal dynamics in Manukau Harbour, New Zealand.
Commito, John A. +4 more
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BIVALVE FEEDING — HOW AND WHAT THEY EAT? [PDF]
Based on the mechanism of food collection, bivalves can be suspension–feeders or deposit–feeders, or even utilize both feeding methods. Although some authors describe bivalve feeding as “automatized” process, recent studies show that some bivalves ...
Jasna Arapov +3 more
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Lethal Parasites in Oysters from Coastal Georgia with Discussion of Disease and Management Implications [PDF]
Extensive mortalities of oysters, Crassostrea virginica, occurred from 1985 through 1987 in coastal waters of Georgia. Fluid thioglycolate cultures of oysters collected from 16 of 17 locations revealed infections by the apicomplexan parasite Perkinsus ...
Heffernan, Peter B. +5 more
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An abrupt extinction in the Middle Permian (Capitanian) of the Boreal Realm (Spitsbergen) and its link to anoxia and acidification [PDF]
The controversial Capitanian (Middle Permian, 262 Ma) extinction event is only known from equatorial latitudes, and consequently its global extent is poorly resolved.
Beauchamp, Benoit +7 more
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Morfometría de Sanguinolaria cruenta (Bivalvia: Psammobidae) en playa Tucacas, Falcón, Venezuela
Se colectaron 312 conchas de S. cruenta con su ligamento en Playa Tucacas, Edo. Falcón, en mayo de 1999. A cada ejemplar se le midió: longitud antero-posterior, altura total, ancho, longitud anterior, altura dorsal, área de la valva y su peso.
Alberto Martín +2 more
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Effects of macrobenthos on sediment-water oxygen and ammonium fluxes. Final Report. [PDF]
Sediments are an important location in determining the fate of nutrients entering the estuary. Role of sediments needs to be incorporated into water quality models.
Barnes, J.M. +3 more
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Risks for public health related to the presence of tetrodotoxin (TTX) and TTX analogues in marine bivalves and gastropods [PDF]
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM)
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Three water flow rates (3.1, 7.3, and 12.1 cm s–1) were used during a 26-day period to determine their effects on shell dimensions, tissue mass, condition index, biochemical composition of tissues, and mortality of the penshell Atrina maura and mussel ...
D Arrieche +3 more
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Abundancia de juveniles y crecimiento de Pinna carnea (Mytiloida: Pinnacea) en cultivo suspendido
Se evaluó la abundancia de juveniles de Pinna carnea, el crecimiento y su relación con factores ambientales en cultivo suspendido en Turpialito, Golfo de Cariaco, Venezuela. La abundancia se determinó usando colectores suspendidos a 8 m de profundidad en
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