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Activity and Heart Rate of Bivalve Molluscs in their Natural Habitat

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KNOWLEDGE of the ecophysiology of intertidal molluscs is largely derived from observations of their littoral distribution and experiments carried out under laboratory conditions1. The results of a preliminary investigation of the activity and heart rate of the bivalves Cardium edule and Donax vittatus in situ in their natural habitat are presented here.

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TRUEMAN, E. Activity and Heart Rate of Bivalve Molluscs in their Natural Habitat. Nature 214, 832–833 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214832a0

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