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Historical Analysis Of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (Sav) In The Potomac River And Analysis Of Bay-Wide Sav Data To Establish A New Acreage Goal : Final Report, Kenneth Moore, David J. Wilcox, Britt Anderson, Thomas A. Parham, Michael D. Naylor

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Throughout most regions of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries both direct and anecdotal evidence has indicated that large-scale declines of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) occurred in the late 1960s and early 1970s (Orth and Moore 1983). These declines have been related to increasing amounts of non-point inputs of nutrients and sediments in the bay system resulting from development of the bay’s shorelines and watershed (Twilley et al. 1985). Currently there are approximately 89,659 acres of SAV in Chesapeake Bay (Orth et al. 2003). Although it has been estimated that this is approximately 15% of the bay’s historical SAV distribution, …