Mooney studies underwater acoustics, and he hopes the sounds recorded at the bottom of this pond will offer clues to help restore wild oysters. To the untrained ear, the reef sounds like bacon frying in a pan. (Courtesy Dan Mele/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via CAI)The New England coast used to be crowded with wild oyster reefs. Dubious stuff that sometimes worksMooney isn’t sure what healthy oyster reefs sound like in New England. The larvae will hear either local sounds, North Carolina sounds, or plain old gurgling fish tank sounds.