Historical dataset details the distribution, extent and form of lost Ostrea edulis reef ecosystems

Abstract Ocean ecosystems have been subjected to anthropogenic influences for centuries, but the scale of past ecosystem changes is often unknown. For centuries, the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis), an ecosystem engineer providing biogenic reef habitats, was a culturally and economically signif...

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Main Authors: Ruth H. Thurstan, Hannah McCormick, Joanne Preston, Elizabeth C. Ashton, Floris P. Bennema, Ana Bratoš Cetinić, Janet H. Brown, Tom C. Cameron, Fiz da Costa, David W. Donnan, Christine Ewers, Tomaso Fortibuoni, Eve Galimany, Otello Giovanardi, Romain Grancher, Daniele Grech, Maria Hayden-Hughes, Luke Helmer, K. Thomas Jensen, José A. Juanes, Janie Latchford, Alec B. M. Moore, Dimitrios K. Moutopoulos, Pernille Nielsen, Henning von Nordheim, Bárbara Ondiviela, Corina Peter, Bernadette Pogoda, Bo Poulsen, Stéphane Pouvreau, Cordula Scherer, Aad C. Smaal, David Smyth, Åsa Strand, John A. Theodorou, Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-11-01
Series:Scientific Data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04048-8