Atlantic snails are increasing dramatically in size

Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 16:57 in Earth & Climate

A Queen's University biologist has discovered that the shell lengths of snails in the northwest Atlantic Ocean - an important member of the Atlantic food chain - have increased by 22.6 per cent over the past century. Until now, this significant change in the marine ecosystem has gone unnoticed.

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