Abstract
Radiocarbon dating suggests that warm water oysters and bay scallops migrated northwards during and after the climatic thermal maximum. The bay scallops may have arrived too late to reach areas in Canada which are now favourable for them.
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CLARKE, A., STANLEY, D., MEDCOF, J. et al. Ancient Oyster and Bay Scallop Shells from Sable Island. Nature 215, 1146–1148 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151146a0
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