Abstract

In an association of the bivalves Elliptio complanata, Anodonta cataracta, and Lampsilis ochracea in a New Brunswick lake, the distribution of standing stock biomass is among tissue (64.6%), shells of living individuals (19.4%), and empty shells and shell fragments (16.0%). Failure to consider the latter two energy compartments would result in serious underestimates of standing stock biomass.

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