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Can certain underwater sounds revive decimated oyster reefs?

(Illustration by Frannie Monahan/WBUR)
Illustration by Frannie Monahan/WBUR
(Illustration by Frannie Monahan/WBUR)

New England’s coastline was once teeming with wild oyster reefs. But pollution and overharvesting have destroyed them. Now, researchers are trying to restore them using underwater sounds to lure more oysters back to the area.

WBUR’s Barbara Moran reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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