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St. Mary's River SAV Restoration
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Community-Based Restoration Program
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St. Mary's River SAV Restoration
St. Mary's River SAV Restoration
A volunteer-based restoration program was implemented in 1997 to assess the effectiveness of transplanting seagrass at sites where water quality requirements are met but no grasses exist, and evaluate the feasibility of increasing public involvement in seagrass restoration projects. The project off Rosecroft Point has X,Y coordinates of 76.4508 and 38.1532.
St. Mary's River SAV Restoration
St. Mary's River
Restoration
Zostera marina, eelgrass, about to be transplanted. These plants wereharvested from Damerion Marsh by the mouth of the Great Wicomico River.Submerged aquatic vegetation is a critical habitat that stabilizes sediments,oxygenates water and provides hab
A propagule of Zostera marina. The Alliance for Chesapeake Bay uses volunteersto transplant eelgrass to sites that demonstrate they are suitable transplantsites. SAV transplants are seen as a way to help the Bay recover. Duringthis transplant session
A propagule of Zostera marina. The Alliance for Chesapeake Bay uses volunteersto transplant eelgrass to sites that demonstrate they are suitable transplantsites. SAV transplants are seen as a way to help the Bay recover. Duringthis transplant session
A diver collects eelgrass for transplanting. Eelgrass can't be grown in alaboratory so it must be collected from healthy sites and transported to the
Another propagule. This image shows a full eelgrass plant with a long healthyrhizome and roots of the rhizome.
Citizens monitor and process water samples to determine appropriate locationsfor SAV transplants.
A healthy bed of eelgrass.
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