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Problem set for AFS 20/ 1) Recently we completed a study of quahog populations in Greenwich Cove and the West Passage of Narragansett Bay (J. Shellfish Res. 8:445-454 (1989) ). We reported that the average density of quahogs in the cove was 190/m and 46/m in West Passage. We performed a vonBertalanffy growth analysis on the quahogs. The parameters were as follows: Greenwich Cove L (asymptote) = 86mm valve length K = 0. 10 /yr t = 0 yr West Passage L = 110mm K = 0. 087 /yr t = 0 Calculate the estimated valve length of a 30 year old clam from the West Passage and Greenwich Cove Beds. Then calculate the estimated valve lengths of 5 year old clams. Legal size for harvest in RI is about 48 mm valve length. Is this evidence for density-dependent stunting