ECOLOGY OF BUZZARDS BAY: An Estuanne Profile 



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Fig. 1.5. Urban and non-urban population growth in 

 the Buzzards Bay watershed 



related development, and the increased population 

 and its concomitant increase in nutrient loading to 

 bay waters may for the first time represent a signifi- 

 cant threat to the productivity and diversity of this 

 ecosystem. 



