Sandy Bay Bottom
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Current ecosystem state
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Management practices/drivers
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Transition T1A
Increased turbidity, lowered salinity, vegetation burial, and alterations to bay bottom substrate.
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Restoration pathway R2A
Restoration of seagrass flats by improvements in soil and water quality to reestablish plant growth.
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Description
Submerged aquatic vegetation is a term for plants that grow completely underwater, except for brief exposures during low tides. Healthy vegetative communities are important to estuarine systems for erosion control and create vital habitat for a diversity of aquatic organisms.
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Mechanism
The driver of this change is alterations to the bay bottom substrate. This occurs by the human-influenced activities of piling spoil after dredging channels.
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