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6. An Ode to the Oyster

Estuaries 101 Middle School Curriculum

Oyster reefs are communities of oysters formed by many individual oysters growing in clumps on the shells of dead oysters or other hard surfaces. Oyster reefs can be found around the entire coast of the country, except on the shores of the Great Lakes.

 

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