Stockton University: Oysters Help Eelgrass Take Root in the Barnegat Bay
September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022
GALLOWAY, New Jersey, Sept. 15 (TNSres) -- Stockton University issued the following news:
A young bay scallop sprouts a sticky thread from its shell to cling to a blade of eelgrass--it's holding on for its life to avoid suffocation on the muddy bay bottom.
Waterfowl dunk headfirst into a seagrass meadow to nibble on the shoots.
A school of juvenile fish seek shelter in the bright green ribbons of swaying grass that dampen the force of the waves and tid . . .
A young bay scallop sprouts a sticky thread from its shell to cling to a blade of eelgrass--it's holding on for its life to avoid suffocation on the muddy bay bottom.
Waterfowl dunk headfirst into a seagrass meadow to nibble on the shoots.
A school of juvenile fish seek shelter in the bright green ribbons of swaying grass that dampen the force of the waves and tid . . .