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Excess nutrients will result in increased chlorophyll and turbidity, limiting the amount of light that reaches benthic sediment. Light is essential for healthy submerged aquatic vegetation growth.
Light and Dark Conditions Impact on Submerged…
A diagram depicting the effect that light conditions have on SAV and the trapping of nutrients.
Nutrient Trapping Diagram
Conceptual diagram illustrating how phytoplankton blooms in eastern Florida Bay and southern Biscayne Bay were sustained through feedback loops among ecosystem components.
Phytoplankton bloom feedback loops
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds in the Choptank River
SAV bed in the Choptank
Submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) beds in the Choptank River
SAV in the Choptank
Hungars Creek on the eastern shore of Virginia, with shoals and seagrass visible
Hungars Creek
Hungars Creek on the eastern shore of Virginia, with shoals and seagrass visible
Hungars Creek
Mattawoman Creek on the eastern shore of Virginia, with shoals and seagrass visible
Mattawoman Creek
New Point, Virginia, on the northern shores of Mobjack Bay
New Point, Virginia
New Point, Virginia, on the northern shores of Mobjack Bay
New Point, Virginia
New Point, Virginia, on the northern shores of Mobjack Bay
New Point, Virginia
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals. The Piankatank River is in the background
Sandy Point
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals
Sandy Point
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals
Sandy Point
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals. The Piankatank River is in the background
Sandy Point
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals
Sandy Point
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals
Sandy Point
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals
Sandy Point
Looking northwest over Sandy Point on Gwynns Island, Virginia. Seagrass (submerged aquatic vegetation) is visible behind the sand shoals
Sandy Point
The Gulf on the eastern shore of Virginia, with shoals and seagrass visible. The Virginia Coastal Bays are visible in the background
The Gulf on the eastern shore of Virginia

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