Mixed shell "histogram" on red sand (IMAGE)
Caption
Shells of intertidal molluscs (limpets, top shells, razor clams, cockles, mussels, periwinkles) sorted by size. Each column approximates a species' size distribution; the assemblage as a whole is what our models track. Across 23,329 species, we project mean body size to decline in 68% of class–basin combinations by 2100 under high emissions, with bivalves in the Baltic Sea shrinking by ~16% in length (~41% in mass).
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University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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