Download or read book Collection of Soft-shell Clam (Mya Arenaria L.) Spat with Artificial Substrates written by R. A. Chandler and published by St. Andrews, N.B. : Fisheries and Oceans Canada. This book was released on 2001 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six different collector types were tried in 1996 in the mid-intertidal zone at a beach near St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada. The results indicated that artifical turf collected the most spat; those collectors that accumulated sediment also collected many more juveniles. The mid-intertidal location maximized spat collection. There was a negative correlation between the degree of fouling from the green alga Enteromorpha intestinalis and the number of juveniles.