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Serial depletion of Baltic herring since the Viking Age revealed by ancient DNA and population genomics
2022-05-19
Abstract excerpt
Marine resource consumption has been a key component in European diet and culture since the Middle Ages, when fish consumption increased dramatically. Yet, the early origins of marine industries and the long-term ecological consequences of historical and contemporary fisheries remain debated. The Baltic Sea was home to the first “industrial” fishery ∼800 years ago targeting the Baltic herring, a species that is st...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 50cdafff-8459-52ab-a84c-c0ec84bb7139
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.05.18.492457
