Australian shellfish ecosystems: Past distribution, current status and future direction.

We review the status of marine shellfish ecosystems formed primarily by bivalves in Australia, including: identifying ecosystem-forming species, assessing their historical and current extent, causes for decline and past and present management. Fourteen species of bivalves were identified as developi...

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Main Authors: Chris L Gillies, Ian M McLeod, Heidi K Alleway, Peter Cook, Christine Crawford, Colin Creighton, Ben Diggles, John Ford, Paul Hamer, Gideon Heller-Wagner, Emma Lebrault, Agnès Le Port, Kylie Russell, Marcus Sheaves, Bryn Warnock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5812559?pdf=render