WCMC Global Seagrass Database

World Atlas of Seagrasses

THE SEAGRASSES OF The mid-Atlantic coast of the United States

MAP
21.1	The mid-Atlantic coast of the United States
CASE STUDIES
21.1	Seagrasses in Chincoteague Bay: a delicate balance between disease, nutrient loading and fishing gear impacts
	FIGURE:	Recovery and recent decline of seagrass ( Zostera marinaand Ruppia maritima) distribution in Chincoteague Bay
	FIGURE:	Aerial photograph taken in 1998 of a portion of Chincoteague Bay, Virginia, seagrass bed showing damage to the bed from a modified oyster dredge
FIGURES
21.1	Seagrass distribution (mainly Zostera marina and Ruppia maritimain Chesapeake Bay
22.1	Changes in seagrass ( Zostera marina and Halodule wrightii) distribution in the Cape Lookout area (southern Core Sound, North Carolina) between 1985 and 1988

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