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Table 3. Eelgrass habitat area in Buzzards Bay compared to salt marsh 

 area, and substrate less than 3.6 m MLW. 



Eelgrass habitat areas in Dartmouth, Westport, and Bourne were 

 adjusted for missing coverage. Salt marsh areas from (Hankin et al., 

 1985) . The Elizabeth Islands are not included in totals. The mean 

 substrate-eelgrass habitat area ratio was 2.1 {excluding New Bedford, 

 Dartmouth, and Westport) . 



Town 



Bourne 



Dartmouth 



Fairhaven 



700 

 151 

 450 



Falmouth (Bay side) 559 



Marion 331 



Mattapoisett 446 



New Bedford 0.7 



Wareham 914 



Westport 389 



TOTALS ; 



3940 



9180 



1993 



