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begun to migrate southvfard at rates as high as 36 to 72 m y , and has 

 met the eelgrass bed on the south side in places. 



Megansett Harbor , Bourne and Falmouth 



Megansett Harbor is a moderate to high energy, well-flushed 

 environment with a sandy bottom covered with sand waves. Most of the 

 bay is less than 4.5 m, and today eelgrass is abundant throughout. Many 

 beds here have a banded appearance because they grow in the troughs of 

 sand waves or have large bare areas within them because of wave scour 

 and storm action. 



Prior to the wasting disease, eelgrass was probably equally 

 abundant in Maganset Harbor as today, because there are numerous 

 denotations of eelgrass alongshore on nautical charts from the 1800' s. 

 Colonization began first in the north end of the bay where a large bed 

 on the southeast corner of Scraggy Island may have survived the disease. 

 This bed expanded greatly and new areas were vegetated during the 1940 's 

 and 50's (Fig 16). Bed cover remained constant in this area for 2 

 decades, but increased in the 1980 's because of eelgrass colonization in 

 some of the deepest parts of the Harbor. 



Eelgrass colonization in the south side of Meganset Harbor lagged 

 behind the north side, and the most rapid expansion occurred there 

 during the 1950's. 



Wild Harbor , Falmouth 



Wild Harbor, is an exposed well-flushed southwest facing harbor 

 fringed with marshes, and covered with a sandy bottom. The surrounding 



