| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In addition, horse mussel beds, by providing a heterogeneous environment, crevices and other hiding places, acted as a refuge from fish, crab or lobster predation for the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, the bivalve Hiatella arctica and the brittlestar Ophiopholis aculata and by inference other similar species (Witman, 1985; Suchanek, 1985).
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