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Distribution And Abundance Of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation In The Lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Robert J. Orth, Kenneth A. Moore, Hayden H. Gordon
Distribution And Abundance Of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation In The Lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Robert J. Orth, Kenneth A. Moore, Hayden H. Gordon
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The distribution and abundance of submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) in the lower Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries were delineated with color aerial photography and surface information. Over 8500 hectares of SAV were identified on 31 topographic quadrangles. To enable computer retrieval of the aerial resource information, all information from the 1978 mapping effort was entered into a data base based on the Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system.
The greatest concentrations of SAV were found at the mouths of the largest tidal rivers and creeks along the Chesapeake Bay shoreline, and to the east of Tangier and Great Fox Islands. Freshwater …