date:Jun 15, 2012
good news, according to lead author Dr Philine zu Ermgassen of University of Cambridge, is that the study gives a much-needed historical picture of conditions in specific bays and estuaries, something that will aid in future restoration efforts.
Oysters were a valuable resource, even a century ago, so government surveyors mapped vast acreages and built up a story of a critically important habitat in wonderful detail, said Dr zu Ermgassen. Although somewhat unfamiliar to us here in Europe the h