Trees placed in the intertidal recruit multiple generations of oysters 🦪

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Last year, citizen scientists in Belgium uncovered 31-million-year-old fossilized driftwood. From providing habitats to sustaining life, wood has shaped ecosystems for millions of years.
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#MarineTrees #Paleontology #CitizenScience #FossilDiscovery #NaturalHistory

Long viewed as a pest, shipworms (actually bivalves) are one of the least appreciated species in the world. By turning wood into protein and detritus, they allow terrestrial nutrients to be used by marine creatures.

📸 Oudeschild, Texel, Netherlands
Stump pulled from North Sea by fishing trawler.

Driftwood gets a second life; once in the sea, it provides a hard surface for shellfish to grow on and fish to shelter within.
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📸 Driftwood Beach, Jekyll Island, Georgia - USA