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Epiphyte levels were high for a relatively well flushed area, and this 

 may be do to the presence a sewage discharge pipe adjacent to the bed. 



Immediately east of Salters Pt., vegetation was discernible on the 

 1981 photograph, but was not field verified, and may consist of rock 

 covered algae as well. The beach west of Round Hill is sandy and 

 eelgrass is absent nearshore except for bed RBI. 



Round Hill Pt. is a high energy environment with large rocks and 

 cobbles. Nonetheless, eelgrass is quite abundant below 2ft MLW between 

 rocks and along stretches of sand. Eelgrass is abundant around Dumpling 

 Rocks where sand accumulates and grows to 3.7 m MLW. Both here and the 

 large bed DARHl contain much rock and boulders and, only 50% eelgrass 

 cover is assumed for production estimates. The eelgrass beds north of 

 Round Hill also contain rock and algae, and the beds show dynamic 

 changes in distribution between recent photographs. 



Eelgrass continues north along the shore of Nonquit. These beds 

 were mixed with rocks and algae, making their exact dimensions are 

 unclear, although they appear to occupy a strip along shore, mostly less 

 than <30 m wide. Many of the beds are too small to be identified from 

 photographs . 



Altogether there are 150 ha of substrate less than 3.6 m that were 

 not mapped in this area, and for production estimates, 30 h of eelgrass 

 is assumed to grow in these locales. 



Apponagansett Bay, Dartmouth to New Bedford (Figs. 7+8) 



The map of eelgrass distribution in this area were based on 1975, 

 and 1981 photographs, and field visits in 1984 and 1985. This area has 



