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

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 significant source of food and trade. These reef habitats are now functionally extinct, and almost no memory of where or at what scales this ecosystem once existed, or its past form, remains. The described datasets present qualitative and quantitative extracts from written records published between 1524 and 2022. These show: (1) locations of past flat oyster fisheries and/or oyster reef habitat described across its biogeographical range, with associated levels of confidence; (2) reported extent of past oyster reef habitats, and; (3) species associated with these habitats. These datasets will be of use to inform accelerating flat oyster restoration activities, to establish reference models for anchoring adaptive management of restoration action, and in contributing to global efforts to recover records on the hidden history of anthropogenic-driven ocean ecosystem degradation.

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Scientific Data
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2024-11-05
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04048-8
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Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
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Historical dataset details the distribution, extent and form of lost Ostrea edulis reef ecosystems

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

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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 significant source of food and trade. These reef habitats are now functionally extinct, and almost no memory of where or at what scales this ecosystem once existed, or its past form, remains. The described datasets present qualitative and quantitative extracts from written records published between 1524 and 2022. These show: (1) locations of past flat oyster fisheries and/or oyster reef habitat described across its biogeographical range, with associated levels of confidence; (2) reported extent of past oyster reef habitats, and; (3) species associated with these habitats. These datasets will be of use to inform accelerating flat oyster restoration activities, to establish reference models for anchoring adaptive management of restoration action, and in contributing to global efforts to recover records on the hidden history of anthropogenic-driven ocean ecosystem degradation.

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University of Essex (GB), Queen's University Belfast (GB), Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (DE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Universidad de Cantabria (ES), Zoological Society of London (GB), Ifremer (FR), Bangor University (GB), University of Patras (GR), Université Fédérale de Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées (FR), University of Dubrovnik (HR), Aarhus University (DK), Trinity College Dublin (IE), University of Exeter (GB), Shellfish Association of Great Britain (GB), Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE), Instituto Español de Oceanografía (ES), Institut Català de Ciències del Clima (ES), IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute (SE), Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (IT), Fondazione Centro Marino Internazionale (IT), Blue Marine Foundation (GB), Institut de Ciències del Mar (ES), Instituto de Física de Cantabria (ES), Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani (IT), Laboratoire des Sciences de l'Environnement Marin (FR), University of Rostock (DE), University of Portsmouth (GB), Aalborg University (DK), University of Palermo (IT), Wageningen University & Research (NL), Technical University of Denmark (DK), University of Edinburgh (GB)
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, UK Research and Innovation, Natural England, European Commission, Irish Research Council, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz
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