Measuring a cockle during the research (IMAGE)

Swansea University

Measuring a cockle during the research

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The data showed that cockle sizes declined in the late 1990s, and modernisation of wastewater treatment was significantly related with this downward trend, suggesting that the changed nutrient regime in the estuary may have resulted in reduced food provision for cockles

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Ruth Callaway, Swansea University

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