Various habitat types occur as a patchwork on intertidal flats in New Zealand.
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Transitions between cockle beds and seagrass meadows contain both species.
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Transitional gradients in sediment properties and fauna affect nutrient dynamics.
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Cockles have an indirect positive effect on seagrass primary productivity.
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Cockles bioturbate sediment and impact productivity most at intermediate densities.
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