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Five years after deploying a floating laboratory prototype at the Port of Oakland, scientists have finished their project at the port and are planning to move it to Treasure Island to continue their research, the port announced Oct. 7. The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, which consists of a 10-foot by 15-foot island made of fiber-reinforced polymer designed by the California College of the Arts, is a prototype for an “ecologically productive floating breakwater.” It was installed in 2019 in the port’s shallow water habitat near Middle Harbor Shoreline Park. During its five-year stint at the port, the Float Lab recorded…