Eel Grass Is Back in the Chesapeake, and Crabs Will Follow
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [NPR The Salt] by Dan Charles - March 6, 2018
For scientists who monitor the health of the Chesapeake Bay, the nation's largest estuary, simply watching grass grow underwater can be very, very exciting.
The floor of the Chesapeake Bay off Solomon's Island "had no grass since 1972," says Robert Orth, a marine scientist at the College of William & Mary, and there's a undertone of amazement in his voice. "It was just last year, for the first time, we saw small patches of grass appear in front of ...
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