Federal, state, and local laws 122 



Implications of changing eelgrass abundance 125 



Future monitoring 126 



Mitigation efforts 129 



Future management 130 



Water quality protection ^ 133 



Appendix I 



Repositories of aerial photographs and nautical charts used in 



this study. 135 



Appendix II 



A detailed description of eelgrass in Buzzards Bay 



Introduction 136 



Westport 136 



Dartmouth: Aliens Pond to Round Hill 139 



Apponagansett Bay, Dartmouth to New Bedford 141 



Fairhaven to Brant Island, Mattapoisett 143 



Mattapoisett Harbor and vicinity 145 



Hiller Cove, Mattapoisett to Marion 146 



Sippican Neck, Marion to Great Neck, Warehara 147 



Great Neck Wareham to Pocasset, Bourne 148 



Bourne: Wings Neck to Megansett 150 



Falmouth: Megansett to West Falmouth Harbor 152 



Falmouth: Chappaquoit Point to Gunning Point 152 



Falmouth: Woods Hole Area 153 



Elizabeth Islands 154 



Appendix III — Alphabetized listing of mapped eelgrass beds by 



town. 180 



References Cited 189 



