1.0Coastwatchhttps://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatchrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="sOkvfEWiRv"><a href="https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/healthy-habitats/">Healthy Habitats: How Do Restored Oyster Reefs Compare to Live Oyster Reefs?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/healthy-habitats/embed/#?secret=sOkvfEWiRv" width="600" height="338" title="“Healthy Habitats: How Do Restored Oyster Reefs Compare to Live Oyster Reefs?” — Coastwatch" data-secret="sOkvfEWiRv" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://ncseagrant.ncsu.edu/coastwatch/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/09/HLS-A_Ruddy-turnstone-on-the-shore-of-the-Mosquito-Lagoon-Kate-Perez-CC-BY-SA-4.0-scaled.jpeg25601615Anyone who has spent time in the estuaries of North Carolina likely has seen bags of oyster shells and layers of repaired oyster reefs. But do these restored reefs actually function like natural reefs?