News: oyster reefs

The ocean is becoming too loud for oysters

A native oyster bed on an urbanised coast credit Dominic McAfee

Baby oysters rely on natural acoustic cues to settle in specific environments, but new research from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ reveals that noise from human activity is interfering with this critical process.

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Rapid oyster reef restoration gives hope for repairing the sea

Dominic McAfee and Sean Connell diving at a reef credit Stefan Andrews

After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide coastline.

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