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Table 1

Influence of specimen size (hard clam shell length subdivided into four size classes) on the damage frequency and degree inflicted by hand collecting and hand dredging.

    Hand collecting         Hand dredging        
  Shell length 0 1 2 3 4 0 1 2 3 4
Dorsal <3cm
  3–5cm 4.3 5.7 5.4
  5–7cm 3.2 0.1 6.8 4.1
  >7 7.2 17.8
Ventral <3cm 3.5
  3–5cm 3.2 10.5 1.6
  5–7cm 2.8 5.6 0.3
  >7 1.6
Both dorsa <3cm 5.1 1.1 0.7 3.4 1.1
  3–5cm 15.4 7.3 2.5 0.3 0.7 0.4
  5–7cm 38.7 7.0 1.4 0.4
  >7 19.9 10.2
    79.1 16.4 4.4 25.6 51.9 15.9 4.5 1.5

Notes: 0–undamaged; 1–lightly scratched; 2–deeply scratched; 3–cracked but still intact; 4–cracked and detached from shell.

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