FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI The world was our oyster: Records reveal the vast historical extent of European oyster reef ecosystems BT AF Thurstan, Ruth McCormick, Hannah Preston, Joanne Ashton, Elizabeth Bennema, Floris Bratoš Cetinić, Ana Brown, Janet Cameron, Tom da Costa, Fiz Donnan, David Ewers, Christine Fortibuoni, Tomaso Galimany, Eve Giovanardi, Otello Grancher, Romain Grech, Daniele Hayden-Hughes, Maria Helmer, Luke Jensen, K Juanes, José Latchford, Janie Moore, Alec Moutopoulos, Dimitrios Nielsen, Pernille von Nordheim, Henning Ondiviela, Bárbara Peter, Corina Pogoda, Bernadette Poulsen, Bo Pouvreau, Stephane Roberts, Callum Scherer, Cordula Smaal, Aad Smyth, David Strand, Åsa Theodorou, John zu Ermgassen, Philine AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:4;5:5;6:6;7:7;8:8;9:9;10:10;11:11;12:12;13:13;14:14;15:15;16:16;17:17;18:18;19:19;20:1,20;21:;22:17,21;23:22;24:23;25:24;26:20;27:25;28:25;29:26;30:27;31:1;32:21;33:28;34:29;35:30;36:22;37:31; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:;14:;15:;16:;17:;18:;19:;20:;21:;22:;23:;24:;25:;26:;27:;28:;29:;30:PDG-RBE-PHYTNESS;31:;32:;33:;34:;35:;36:;37:; C1 Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall, UK Conservation & Policy, Zoological Society of London, London, UK Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Ferry Road, Portsmouth, UK Queen’s University Belfast Marine Laboratory, Portaferry, Down, UK MarHis, Haren, The Netherlands Department of Applied Ecology, University of Dubrovnik Ćira Carića, Dubrovnik, Croatia The Grower, Association of Scottish Shellfish Growers, Stirling, UK School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, UK Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO-CSIC), Vigo, Spain NatureScot, Battleby, Redgorton, Perth PH1 3EW, australia Zoological Museum of the Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Via Ca’ Fornacetta 9, Ozzano dell’Emilia, Italy Department of Marine Renewable Resources, Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta 37-49, Barcelona, Spain IRBIM-CNR, Largo della Fiera, Ancona, Italy CNRS, Framespa UMR 5136, Toulouse, France International Marine Centre (IMC), Loc. Sa Mardini, Torre Grande, Oristano, Italy; School of Ocean Sciences, Bangor University, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, UK Blue Marine Foundation, London, UK Department of Biology, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark IHCantabria - Instituto de Hidráulica Ambiental de la Universidad de Cantabria, Spain Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture, University of Patras, Mesolongi, Greece; Technical University of Denmark National Institute of Aquatic Resources, Section for Coastal Ecology, Lyngby, Denmark Honorary Professorship Marine Nature Conservation, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven/Helgoland, Germany Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University, Denmark LEMAR, Ifremer, 29840 Argenton en Landunvez, France Wageningen Marine Research, Wageningen University, Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, The Netherlands; Ulster Wildlife, McClelland House, Belfast, NI IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Kristineberg Research centre, Kristineberg 566, 451 78 Fiskebäckskil, Sweden School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK C2 UNIV EXETER, UK ZOOL SOC LONDON, UK UNIV PORTSMOUTH, UK UNIV QUEENS BELFAST, UK MARHIS, NETHERLANDS UNIV DUBROVNIK, CROATIA ASSG, UK UNIV ESSEX, UK IEO CSIC, SPAIN NATURESCOT, AUSTRALIA UNIV KIEL, GERMANY ISPRA, ITALY ICM CSIC, SPAIN CNR IRBIM, ITALY CNRS, FRANCE IMC, ITALY UNIV BANGOR, UK BLUE MARINE FND, UK UNIV AARHUS, DENMARK UNIV CANTABRIA, SPAIN TRINITY COLL DUBLIN, IRELAND UNIV PATRAS, GREECE UNIV TECH DENMARK (DTU AQUA), DENMARK UNIV ROSTOCK, GERMANY INST A WEGENER, GERMANY UNIV AALBORG, DENMARK IFREMER, FRANCE UNIV WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS ULSTER WILDLIFE, IRELAND IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONM RES INST, SWEDEN UNIV EDINBURGH, UK SI BREST SE PDG-RBE-PHYTNESS UM LEMAR TC 0 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00866/97806/106890.pdf LA English DT Article DE ;Biogenic reef;Ecosystem collapse;environmental history;historical ecology;shifting baselines;Ostrea edulis;shifting baseline AB Anthropogenic activities have impacted marine ecosystems at extraordinary scales. Biogenic reef ecosystems built by the European flat oyster (Ostrea edulis) typically declined prior to scientific monitoring. Collating >1,600 records published over 350 years, we created a highly resolved (10km2) map of historical oyster reef presence across its biogeographic range, including documenting abundant reef habitats along the coasts of France, Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom. Areal extent data were available from just 26% of locations, yet totalled >1.7 million hectares (median reef size = 30ha, range 0.01 - 1,536,000ha), with 190 associated macrofauna species from 13 phyla described. Our analysis demonstrates that oyster reefs were once a dominant three-dimensional feature of European coastlines, with their loss pointing to a fundamental restructuring and ‘flattening’ of coastal and shallow-shelf seafloors. This unique empirical record demonstrates the highly degraded nature of European seas and provides key baseline context for international restoration commitments. PY 2023 PD DEC SO EcoEvoRxiv PU California Digital Library (CDL) DI 10.32942/X20W43 ID 97806 ER EF