List of Figures 



Figure 0-1. 

 Figure 1-1. 

 Figure 1-2. 

 Figure 1-3. 



Figure 3-1. 



Figure 3-2. 

 Figure 3-3. 

 Figure 3-4. 

 Figure 4-1. 

 Figure 4-2. 



Figure 4-3. 



Figure 4-4. 



Figure 4-5. 



Figure 4-6. 

 Figure 4-7. 

 Figure 4-8. 

 Figure 4-9. 

 Figure 4-10. 

 Figure 4-11. 



General morphology of Zostera marina. 

 Map of Southeastern Massachusetts. 

 Percent cover scale. 



Maximum depth (m MLW) of eelgrass in different 



parts of Buzzards Bay. 

 Location of sediment cores taken around Buzzards 



Bay and Cape Cod. 

 Seed densities distribution in Waquoit Bay. 



Sediment core eelgrass seed profiles in 4 Bays. 



Depth of depositional markers in core WB4. 



Site names around the Westport Rivers. 



Changes in eelgrass bed position and flat migration 



north of Bailey Flat, Westport. 

 Map showing site names around Apponagansett Bay, 



So. Dartmouth. 

 Eelgrass in Apponagansett Bay, So. Dartmouth during 



6 periods. _ 



Boats moored or in transit in inner and outer of 



Apponagansett Bay on four dates during comparable 



times in the recreational season. 

 Dates and locations of former eelgrass populations 



around New Bedford. 

 Eelgrass distribution in Nasketucket Bay during 



1956 and 1981. 

 Eelgrass distribution in East Cove of West Island, 



Fairhaven during four different periods. 

 Recent changes in eelgrass cover and beach erosion 



on West Island. 

 Historical changes in eelgrass cover in Sippican 



Harbor, Marion. 

 The pattern of eelgrass recolonization along Great 



Neck during four decades. 



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