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“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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“Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence. / Smyth, David; Hayden-Hughes, Maria; Alexander, Jenna et al.
In: Regional Studies in Marine Science, Vol. 41, 31.01.2021, p. 101585.

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Smyth, D, Hayden-Hughes, M, Alexander, J, Bayford, P & Kregting, L 2021, '“Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence.', Regional Studies in Marine Science, vol. 41, pp. 101585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101585

APA

Smyth, D., Hayden-Hughes, M., Alexander, J., Bayford, P., & Kregting, L. (2021). “Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 41, 101585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101585

CBE

Smyth D, Hayden-Hughes M, Alexander J, Bayford P, Kregting L. 2021. “Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 41:101585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101585

MLA

Smyth, David et al. "“Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence.". Regional Studies in Marine Science. 2021, 41. 101585. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101585

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Smyth D, Hayden-Hughes M, Alexander J, Bayford P, Kregting L. “Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 2021 Jan 31;41:101585. Epub 2020 Dec 9. doi: 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101585

Author

Smyth, David ; Hayden-Hughes, Maria ; Alexander, Jenna et al. / “Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence. In: Regional Studies in Marine Science. 2021 ; Vol. 41. pp. 101585.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - “Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence.

AU - Smyth, David

AU - Hayden-Hughes, Maria

AU - Alexander, Jenna

AU - Bayford, Philippa

AU - Kregting, Louise

N1 - Added as a result of Elsevier data from transformative agreement consultation. Validated without post-print by MW

PY - 2021/1/31

Y1 - 2021/1/31

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - European flat oyster

KW - Re-established

KW - Unassisted native oyster recovery

U2 - 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101585

DO - 10.1016/j.rsma.2020.101585

M3 - Article

VL - 41

SP - 101585

JO - Regional Studies in Marine Science

JF - Regional Studies in Marine Science

SN - 2352-4855

ER -