Monmouth University: UCI Oyster Reef Bolsters Naval Weapons Station Earle's Natural Defenses While Restoring Environment
January 09, 2025
January 09, 2025
WEST LONG BRANCH, New Jersey, Jan. 9 (TNSres) -- Monmouth University issued the following news:
Meredith Comi reefs what she sows. Beneath a pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Leonardo, five temperature-controlled tanks full of brackish Raritan Bay water serve as nurseries for millions of oyster larvae. Comi, the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute's (UCI) coastal resilience and restoration practitioner, monitors as they bond to submerged concrete blocks, called oyste . . .
Meredith Comi reefs what she sows. Beneath a pier at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Leonardo, five temperature-controlled tanks full of brackish Raritan Bay water serve as nurseries for millions of oyster larvae. Comi, the Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute's (UCI) coastal resilience and restoration practitioner, monitors as they bond to submerged concrete blocks, called oyste . . .