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Figure 8. Eelgrass distribution in East Cove of West Island, 

 Fairhaven during four different periods. 



The lines cutting into the western shore are a netvrork of salt 

 marsh drainage ditches that were used as reference points to measure 

 beach erosion. Beds covering more than 50% of the bottom are solid, 

 open beds have less than 50% cover. Total eelgrass cov^r for thpsp and 

 other date are shown in Fig. 9. 



