Correction (Sorry!)=  first post should say "encroaching into the
shallow sand/mud flats on the BAY side of the local beaches (barrier
islands)....."

Steve

On 7/19/19, steve rosenthal <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I didn't follow the links to the articles yet, but  I can mention one
> anecdotal observation about surf clam habitats.  For years the
> 'normal' domain of surf clams  here in New York  was in shallow water
> from just off the south shore barrier beaches (as a child i remember
> feeling them with my toes and digging them up) to vast beds slightly
> further offshore in a few feet of water to about 100-200 feet.  Over
> the years i have also seen them steadily and stably 'encroaching' into
> the shallow sand/mud flats on the barrier side of the local beaches,
> where their numbers have remained relatively low but stable.  LIve and
> dead shells of all sizes (adult and juvenile) were present. These
> waters are subject to much greater temperature and salinity changes
> than those on the other side.   Curious to see what the articles
> say......but anecdotally it seems this species was already well
> adapted to expand into other habitat  types than the offshore clam
> beds it reaches peak abundance in.
>
> On 7/19/19, John Varner <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> hot weather has everyone a bit cranky?
>>
>> The article was not intended as a definitive piece on surf clams.  It
>> references two articles (see links to originals, in the article) that
>> deal
>> with adaptations (or inability of species to adapt to ) climate change,
>> one
>> of which is a detailed study of surf clams.  The stand out info is that
>> ocean biomass will decrease by nearly 20% by 2100 due to climate change.
>>
>> Sorry the article did not reference Susan Hewitt as the original
>> photographer, but the responsibility is with Wiki, not the article's
>> author
>> or Mongabay.  If you follow the link to the image, Wiki does not credit
>> the
>> original photographer either, and grants license to use to the photo, so
>> long as it is attributed to Wiki.
>> ________________________________
>> From: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of
>> Frederick
>> W. Schueler <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2019 8:12 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] surf clams adapt to climate change
>>
>> On 19-Jul.-19 8:00 a.m., Susan Hewitt or Ed Subitzky wrote:
>>> The surf clam shell photo is an image that I made in January 2009 using
>>> my flat-bed scanner and then donated to Wikimedia:
>>>
>>> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spisula_solidissima_shell.jpg
>>>
>>> Although the MongoBay piece credits Wikimedia, they should also have
>>> credited me as the photographer
>>
>>> https://news.mongabay.com/2019/07/study-examines-how-the-atlantic-surfclam-is-successfully-adapting-to-climate-change/
>>
>> * maybe it's just as well not to be credited in association with such a
>> poorly written article - just what new habitat are the Surf Clams moving
>> into, please? Are they going north, or into deeper water, or what?
>>
>> fred.
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