Offbeat: Scientists to oysters: You have become irrelevant
- They are functionally extinct – in that they lack any significant ecosystem role and remain at less than one percent of prior abundances in many bays.
- An elite team of researchers • Reporting on a recent study on oyster habitation. This is quite the indictment of the humble oyster: “Hey, not only are 85% of your reefs destroyed; you’re also completely unimportant to your surroundings and have no impact on anything.” Sheesh. source