Impacts of predators, habitat, recruitment, and disease on soft-shell clams Mya arenaria and stout razor clams Tagelus plebeius in Chesapeake Bay
C. N. Glaspie, R. D. Seitz, M. B. Ogburn, C. F. Dungan, A. H. Hines
This study examines factors affecting soft-shell and razor clams in Chesapeake Bay, finding that predators, habitat loss, and low recruitment are key drivers of population declines.
bioRxiv · Feb 25, 2018Ecology