A survey of underwater grasses in the Chesapeake by scientists reported last week (according to Baynet) that underwater bay grasses, which serve as habitat tor fish and blue crabs and food for turtles in the estuary, have decreased significantly. In the bay's midsection, which includes three Southern Maryland counties and the Patuxent and Potomac rivers, the loss was 35,446 acres or 11 percent of the total.
The health of the underwater grasses is linked a key indicator of the bay's water quality.
They attributed the decline to last summer's heatwave early in the growing season.
The story is here:
http://www.thebaynet.com/news/index.cfm/fa/viewstory/story_ID/22213
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