| Abstract: | The USGS National Wetlands Research Center has documented that Seagrasses in the northern Gulf of Mexico constitute an ecosystem in trouble. From studies in St. Andrews Bay, Period Bay, the Chandeleur Islands, and the Gulf Islands National Seashore, scientists have discovered that declining seagrass acreage ranges from 12% to 66% in bays and estuaries of the Gulf of Mexico. Not only are seagrasses disappearing, but they are also changing in species composition, densities, and patchiness. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 5464 |
| Citation Author: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Contributing Office: | USGS National Wetlands Research Center |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 2 p. |
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| Citation Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Citation Series: | Fact Sheet |
| Citation Series Code: | FS |
| Citation Series Number: | 017-00 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Seagrasses in Northern Gulf of Mexico: An Ecosystem in Trouble; 2000; FS; 017-00; Geological Survey (U.S.) |
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| Citation Year: | 2000 |
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| Text: | Seagrasses in Northern Gulf of Mexico: An Ecosystem in Trouble; 2000; FS; 017-00; Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/fs_017_00.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov/factshts/017-00/017-00.htm |
| Date Other: | Wed, 1 Aug 2001 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
