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  1. For your 'Well, THIS is cool' story of the day - 🎵 The reefs are aliiiiiiive, with the sound of muuuuuuuusic ... 🎵 - or should be, anyway!

    This has been successful for other species, especially in coral reefs, & researchers are learning transmitting the sounds of a healthy reef will attract baby #oysters as well - up to 17,000 more per square metre! 🤩

    And if you're thinking 'Wait - oysters can hear?' - they talk about that too! 😄

    phys.org/news/2022-10-sea-soun

    #ReefRestoration #Soundwaves #Australia #ReWilding #Habitat #Ecosystem

  2. A cocktail of nasty pesticides in oysters and water in one of the NSW North Coast’s dominant rivers.

    "New research led by Southern Cross University has found a cocktail of nasty pesticides in oysters and water from one of the NSW North Coast’s dominant rivers. Samples taken from the Richmond River estuary reveal 21 different pesticides, including a mix of herbicides, insecticides and fungicides. The study is the most comprehensive investigation that has been undertaken into the pesticides entering waterways from agricultural and urban run-off in northern NSW"

    "The concentrations of several pesticides exceeded safe environmental guidelines, including atrazine and diuron that are banned overseas. Benomyl was also detected despite being banned in Australia...At present there is little accountability for the downstream impacts from land-based run-off.”
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    scimex.org/newsfeed/that-reall
    #NSW #coast #pollution #pesticides #RichmondRiver #BoambeeCreek #rivers #drains #oysters #food #seafood #CumulativeRisks #wildlife #ocean #estuaries