A key health indicator for the nation’s most economically important estuary has delivered mixed news, with researchers from William & Mary’s Batten School & VIMS reporting a 1%, or 641-acre, annual decline in submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) coverage in the Chesapeake Bay. The estimated 82,778 acres of seagrass meadows included record-breaking gains in salty regions that were offset by mid-bay losses.
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