“Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence.
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Belfast Lough in Northern Ireland like most estuarine systems in the UK and Europe once supported a prolific Ostrea edulis fishery. However, the oyster was considered locally extinct from the Lough by the early 1900s. Numerous ecological surveys of the over the next 100 years failed to document one living specimen. Recently, unsubstantiated sightings of solitary O. edulis along the Loughs intertidal were conveyed to the author. It was considered necessary to investigate these reports and as a result the presence of small assemblages of European flat native oysters was confirmed. Hypotheses as to why the oysters have returned unaided are discussed with the aim to investigate these at depth in the future.
Allweddeiriau
| Iaith wreiddiol | Saesneg |
|---|---|
| Tudalennau (o-i) | 101585 |
| Nifer y tudalennau | 1 |
| Cyfnodolyn | Regional Studies in Marine Science |
| Cyfrol | 41 |
| Dyddiad ar-lein cynnar | 9 Rhag 2020 |
| Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs) | |
| Statws | Cyhoeddwyd - 31 Ion 2021 |