Lost ecosystem found buried in mud of southern California coastal waters

Lost ecosystem found buried in mud of southern California coastal waters 06/13/2017 03:45 PM EDT Paleontologists investigating the sea bed off California have discovered a lost ecosystem that for thousands of years had nurtured communities of scallops and shelled marine organisms called brachiopods. They had died off by the early 20th century, replaced by the mud-dwellling burrowing clams that inhabit this seabed today. Adam Tomašových of the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Susan Kidwell of the University of Chicago examine the lost ecosystem in a new study. Full story at https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/06/07/lost-ecosystem-found-buried-mud-southern-california-coastal-waters Source University of Chicago This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111