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Submerged And Emergent Aquatic Vegetation Of The Chesapeake Bay
Hershner, Carl Wetzel, Richard L.
Hershner, Carl
Wetzel, Richard L.
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Chesapeake Bay supports a diverse assemblage of submerged and emergent aquatic vegetation. The distribution of species of each kind of vegetation is governed largely by salinity. The functions of both submerged and emergent vegetation in the Bay ecosystem includes contributing to total net primary production, service a habitat and performance in both water quality and sedimentation processes. Research on submerged aquatic vegetation is focused on its role in the estuarine system and determinants of its distribution and abundance. Research on emergent vegetation still concerns basic questions of structure and function, but has also branched into methodologies for utilization by man to meet water quality, erosion control and habitat objectives.
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1987
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Pennsylvania Academy of Science
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VIMS Books and Book Chapters, Estuarine ecology, water pollution, environmental policy
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science