Abstract:Populations of the Common European cockle (Cerastoderma edule) often have highly patchy distributions and variable recruitment success. One of the proposed reasons is that high densities of filter feeders and / or bioturbators are thought to reduce the success of larval settlement and post-settlement survival, but the direct causal processes driving these observations are not clearly identified and validated. Through combined field and laboratory experiments, we test the hypothesis that macrofauna cause decrea… Show more
“…Donadi et al (2014) refer that adult cockles can enhance the recruitment of juvenile conspecifics by increasing sediment stability in high-energy tidal sand flats. Although it was not recognised the key driving factor, Whitton et al (2016) stated that the exclusion of adult cockles led to a significant reduction in C. edule post-larval densities and may reduce up to 50% the recruitment potential of an area. On the other hand, there is some evidence that C.…”
“…Donadi et al (2014) refer that adult cockles can enhance the recruitment of juvenile conspecifics by increasing sediment stability in high-energy tidal sand flats. Although it was not recognised the key driving factor, Whitton et al (2016) stated that the exclusion of adult cockles led to a significant reduction in C. edule post-larval densities and may reduce up to 50% the recruitment potential of an area. On the other hand, there is some evidence that C.…”
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