“This demonstrates that in high densities, Pacific oysters can modify ecological communities when introduced into mangrove-dominated estuaries,” says Mr Martin.

Pacific oysters are adapting to less salty waters and may soon spread into the Baltic Sea, aided by warmer seas and genetic ...

The invasive Pacific oyster has adapted to life in less salty seas and is reproducing off the coast of Skåne, despite having been there for less than ten years. A study by researchers from the ...

Pacific oysters were imported to oyster farms in Europe in the 1970s to replace native oysters whose stocks had collapsed. But they quickly began to spread from the farms, reaching northern Bohuslän ...

Warmer seas help spread Attempts were made to cultivate Pacific oysters in Sweden as early as the 1970s, but they failed to reproduce, probably because the water was too cold.

Olof Lönnehed, Communications Officer, University of Gothenburg, Faculty Office for Science and Engineering +46 31-786 69 70, +46 766-18 69 70 Communications Department Schwedischer Forschungsrat ...