Statton, John

A Tasmanian Blenny shelters among native flat oysters (Ostrea angasi) in an artificial kelp forest at Maria Island. Image: Cayne Layton An extensive, collaborative study by the Marine Biodiversity Hub has confirmed that shellfish reefs are one of Australia's most threatened ocean ecosystems, with 90–99 per cent of this beneficial and once-widespread habitat having disappeared. Dr Ian McLeod From James Cook University near a leaf oyster (Isognomon ephippium) reef in Hinchinbrook Channel,...