Seagrasses Restored to Virginia Bays are Flourishing
In the late 1920s, a pathogen began killing seagrasses in Virginia’s seaside bays. A 1933 hurricane finished them off. For more than a half-century, the bay bottoms were muddy and barren. Gone were the fish, shellfish, molluscs and other creatures that inhabit healthy seagrass meadows. The scallop industry collapsed.
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