Researchers caution that harvests must be sustainably managed to preserve populations for future generations. In a new research study, scientists Stewart Edie of the Smithsonian, Shan Huang of the University of Birmingham, and colleagues have significantly expanded the list of bivalve species, su
Nevertheless, the history of humans harvesting bivalves is also rife with examples of overexploitation, largely by European colonizers and mechanized commercial fisheries, that led toResearch Methodology and Findings
After collating all the species they found mentioned in more than 100 prior studies, the researchers started investigating possible similarities and patterns among the 801 bivalves on the list. The team examined which traits make a bivalve exploitable by humans and how those traits relate to their risk of extinction.
Next, Edie said he wants to use the traits associated with exploited bivalves to investigate the bivalve species that are not currently known to be harvested by people.
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