Heath-Heckman, a professor in MSU's College of Natural Science, and her team are studying the beneficial relationship between the glowing squid and the luminous bacteria in its light organ.
The decision coincides with construction setbacks that would have postponed any discharge into the Pacific Ocean until spring or summer at the earliest.
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