Aerial and Field SAV Observations

Past is Prologue / By Dr. Kent Mountford
Surveyors mapped the Susquehanna Flats accurately before the end of the 18th century, but their charts and the historical record leave considerable uncertainty about the status of submerged aquatic vegetation beds during the early years of the United States. The record is clear, though, that by the mid [...]

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Kent Mountford (Quads 051, 072, 073)
I was at Barren I before flying to Colorado for hiking/kayaking 23rd July, and coverage in upper Tar Bay was all Ruppia, about 20-50% (on a very low tide) but on the outer Bay shore of the Tar Bay “Marshes”, a barrier spit, there was tons of Ruppia on the [...]

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