VIMS reports encouraging growth of Chesapeake Bay underwater grass, critical habitat
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [SCOM] - April 22, 2014 -
An annual survey led by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science shows that the abundance of underwater grasses in Chesapeake Bay increased 24 percent between 2012 and 2013, reversing the downward trend of the previous three years. The increase reflects an upsurge from 48,195 acres to 59,927 acres.
VIMS tracks the abundance of underwater grasses as an indicator of Bay health for the Chesapeake Bay Program, the federal-state partnership established in 1983 to monitor and restore the Bay ecosystem.
Underwater Bay grasses are critical to the Bay ecosystem.
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