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Spisula solidissima - Atlantic surf clam

• Hofmann, E.E., E.N. Powell, J.M. Klinck, D.M. Munroe, R. Mann, D.B. Haidvogel, D.A. NarvÁEz, X. Zhang, K.M. Kuykendall. 2018. An overview of factors affecting distribution of the Atlantic surfclam (Spisula  solidissima), a continental shelf biomass dominant, during a period of climate change. J. Shellfish Res. 37:821-831.
• Powell, E.N., Klinck, J.M., Hofmann, E.E., Moreno, P., Kuykendall, K., Munroe, D.M., and R. Mann. 2016. Captains' response to a declining stock as anticipated in the surfclam (Spisula solidissima) fishery on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast by model evaluation, Ocean & Coastal Management, 134, pp. 52-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.09.012
• Munroe, D.; D. Narvaez; D. Hennen; E. Hofmann; L. Jacobsen; R. Mann, E. Hofmann, E.N. Powell, J. Klinck. 2016. The Roles of Fishing and Bottom Water Temperature as Drivers of Change in Maximum Shell Length in Atlantic Surfclams (Spisula solidissima) Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Sciences. 170: 112–122.
• Powell, E. N., J. M. Klinck, D. M. Munroe, E. E. Hofmann, P. Moreno, R. Mann. 2015.  The Value of Captains’ Behavioral Choices in the Success of the Surfclam (Spisula solidissima) Fishery on the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast: a Model Evaluation, Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Science, 47: 1-27.
• Zhang, X., D. Haidvogel, D. M. Munroe, E. N. Powell, J. M. Klinck, R. Mann, F. Castruccio. 2015. Modeling Atlantic surfclams, Spisula solidissima, larval connectivity within the Middle Atlantic Bight: Model development, larval dispersal and metapopulation connectivity. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
• Narváez. D. A., E. E. Hofmann, D. M. Munroe, J. M. Klinck, E. N. Powell, R. Mann,  E. Curchitser. 2015. Long-term dynamics in Atlantic surfclam (Spisula Solidissima) populations: The role of bottom water temperature.  J. Mar. Systems, 141, 136-148.
• Munroe, D.M., E.N. Powell, R. Mann, J. M. Klinck, and E. E. Hofmann. 2013. Underestimation of primary productivity on continental shelves: evidence from maximum size of extant surfclam (Spisula solidissima) populations. Fisheries Oceanography. 22: 220–233. doi: 10.1111/fog.12016
• Mann, R., B. M. Campos, and M. W. Luckenbach. 1991.  Swimming rate and responses of larvae of three mactrid bivalves to salinity discontinuities. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 68: 257-269.
• Mann, R. 1985.  Seasonal changes in the depth distribution of bivalve larvae on the Southern New England Shelf.  Journal of  Shellfish Research 5(2): 57-64.