Experts Encouraged by Continued Expansion of Chesapeake Bay Grasses
August 06, 2024
August 06, 2024
WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Aug. 6 (TNSres) -- William and Mary issued the following news:
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High salinity regions showed record expansion of eelgrass
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Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay expanded 7% to an estimated 82,937 acres in 2023 to reach their seventh-highest level in 40 years of monitoring, according to an annual survey led by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in collaboration wit . . .
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High salinity regions showed record expansion of eelgrass
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Underwater grasses in the Chesapeake Bay expanded 7% to an estimated 82,937 acres in 2023 to reach their seventh-highest level in 40 years of monitoring, according to an annual survey led by researchers at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) in collaboration wit . . .