Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems

H. Thurstan, R.; McCormick, Hannah; Preston, Joanna; C. Ashton, Elizabeth; P. Bennema, F.; Cetinić, A.; H. Brown, Janet; C. Cameron, T.; Da costa, F.; W. Donnan, David; Ewers, Christine; Fortibuoni, T.; Galimany, E.; Giovanardi, Otello; Grancher, Romain; Grech, Daniele; Hayden-Hughes, Maria; Helmer, Luke; T. Jensen, K.; A. Juanes, José; Latchford, Janie; B. M. Moore, Alec; K. Moutopoulos, Dimitrios; Nielsen, Pernille; von Nordheim, Henning; Ondiviela, B.; Peter, Corina; Pogoda, B.; Poulsen, Bo; Pouvreau, S.; Roberts, C.; Scherer, C.; Smaal, A.; R. Smyth, David; Strand, Åsa; Theodorou, J.; Z. zu Ermgassen, P.

doi:10.1038/s41893-024-01441-4

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Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems

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Authors:

R. H. Thurstan

Hannah McCormick

Joanna Preston

Abstract

Anthropogenic activities have impacted marine ecosystems at extraordinary scales. Biogenic reef ecosystems built by the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) typically declined before scientific monitoring. The past form and extent of these habitats thus remains unknown, with such information potenti...

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