Interactions between: Salinity and Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Density

An example of the relationship between salinity and submerged aquatic vegetation: As average summer salinity decreases up-estuary, the density of eelgrass decreases. These data are from Willapa Bay and Coos Bay estuaries.

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