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The purple color on local quahog shells—and why it might matter for fisheries management

The purple color on local quahog shells—and why it might matter for fisheries management

Update: 2025-05-29
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Almost fifty years ago, when Haraldur Sigurdsson first came to the University of Rhode Island from Iceland, he got interested in what makes some clam shells more purple than others.
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The purple color on local quahog shells—and why it might matter for fisheries management

The purple color on local quahog shells—and why it might matter for fisheries management

Elspeth Hay