65def24ac67255432ca9608af50a970b English dataset Matt Arnold DASSH, The Archive for Marine Species and Habitat Data matarn@mba.ac.uk pointOfContact 2024-07-09 MEDIN Discovery metadata standard 2.3.8 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::4326 2008-2009 Guy and Roberts Strangford Lough Crassostrea records 2016-07-15 publication DASSHDT00000213 http://www.dassh.ac.uk The Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) was introduced into Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland in the 1970s. It was assumed that local environmental conditions would not facilitate successful reproduction. However, in the 1990s there were reports of C. gigas outside licensed aquaculture sites and this investigation set out to ascertain the current distribution, years of likely recruitment and population structure of the species. C. gigas were found distributed widely throughout the northern basin during surveys; the frequency distribution suggesting C. gigas is not recruiting every year. Establishment of feral populations of C. gigas elsewhere have linked to habitat change. A pilot cull was initiated to assess the success rate of early intervention. This paper demonstrates the potential benefits of responding rapidly to initial reports of non-native species in a way that may curtail establishment and expansion. The method advocated in simple and can be recommended to the appropriate regulatory authorities. Claire Guy Queen's University Belfast School of Biological Sciences Ecologist +44 (0)28 9097 5787 +44 (0)28 9097 5877 Medical Biology Centre 97 Lisburn Road Belfast sobb.office@qub.ac.uk originator Dai Roberts Queen's University Belfast School of Biological Sciences Ecologist +44 (0)28 9097 5787 +44 (0)28 9097 5877 Medical Biology Centre 97 Lisburn Road Belfast sobb.office@qub.ac.uk originator Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk custodian notPlanned Delimited Marine Environmental Data and Information Network NDGO0005 Species distribution GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-01-06 revision Zoobenthos generic abundance Shellfish abundance and biomass in water bodies SeaDataNet P021 parameter discovery vocabulary 2009-11-16 revision Biodiversity GEMET 2011-07-06 creation CC BY 4.0 otherRestrictions DASSH terms and conditions apply English biota Charting Progress 2 Sea Areas 2009-06-18 creation Irish Sea -5.7677 -5.4725 54.3085 54.5983 2008-01-01 2009-03-31 Guy, C. and Roberts, D., 2010. Can the spread of non-native oysters (Crassostrea gigas) at the early stages of population expansion be managed?. Marine pollution bulletin, 60(7), pp.1059-1064. Data Archive for Seabed Species and Habitats (DASSH) Data Manager 01752 633102 01752 633291 Marine Biological Association of the UK, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill Plymouth PL1 2PB dassh.enquiries@mba.ac.uk distributor https://doi.org/10.17031/6683fde1da162 DOI link A link to the web service or dataset http://https://www.dassh.ac.uk/ dassh website A link to the general host site dataset MEDIN data guideline for ad hoc sightings 2012-12-19 publication Data is in a pro forma provided by DASSH true Part of MSFD NNS baseline data collation project (Jan 2016). Subset of a dataset as we were only pulling out records for a selection of INNS. Contains records for Crassostrea. If any sensitive species or biotope records are present within this dataset, they will have been removed. If you wish to request access to sensitive species records, please contact the metadata contact. The UK Sensitive Species list has been agreed by UK statutory bodies and relevant experts. It can be viewed here https://docs.nbnatlas.org/sensitive-species-list/. Please note sensitive species lists can vary across the UK.