Hybrid oyster reef being installed (IMAGE)

Rutgers University

Hybrid oyster reef being installed

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U.S. Air Force officials are installing a new kind of Rutgers-designed structure in the waters of St. Andrew Bay on the shore of the Tyndall U.S. Air Force Base in Northwest Florida to protect the base from storms.

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David Bushek/Rutgers University

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